by Wendy Hand | Feb 12, 2019 | Travel Tales
Dubbed the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ the location of the original Amber Room is still a mystery. Gifted to Peter the Great by the King of Prussia in 1716. This extraordinarily beautiful room glowed with tons of amber and other semi-precious stones and...
by Wendy Hand | Sep 3, 2018 | Destinations
Capri – Villa San Michele “I want my house to be open to sun and wind and the voice of the sea, like a Greek temple, and light, light, light everywhere” The words of Alex Munthe, Swedish physician, when he fell in love with the idyllic island of...
by Wendy Hand | Feb 25, 2016 | Travel Tips
A proudly independent traveller for several decades I’ve recently discovered what I’ve been missing. Having just completed hosting a BYS group to Greece I followed up with a trip alone to a new destination for me, Romania/Transylvania. My light bulb...
