Paris was much cleaner than I foredeemed, both on the week before the Olympics in July, and in early September as well

First of all, the euphoric smell is still there. I didn’t find it as common as in 2020 and before, but it does come from the Tube and it also came from a bus

A foregate: A door: A sticker: One of the few good graffiti

Just four stills from Mestre. I was changing trains and didn’t have enough time to reach the canals

There’s a music festival in town right now

Nearby river: Road sign: Address plaque

Piazza de Ferrari: The Ancient Port

Tuscan road views: Plaque with street name. Notice how the I was placed above the L

A river view: Building with nice texture: Eye-pleasing “Ristoratore” plaque

Clock at Milan Central railway station: Scooters

Red reflection: The bus’s honk: Honk Approaching the town

Ah, Genoa, the city of my childhood. It’s always nice to visit you

I came to Cherkizovo in Moscow Oblast to see the Afinsky-Kostryukov dacha, one of many Russian architectural treasures under threat of demolition

A bricky side-street: Attractive stones: Elaborately decorated gates

Wayfinding in the airport: A foldable table in a train

Having arrived in the UK for the first time in three and a half years, I recorded my first feelings

Bologna is home to many cicadas. They are everywhere: in the parks, next to homes, and in the city centre

Suzdal is the most beautiful Russian town that I’ve been to so far