Welcome

Elektrichka to Mir and Nesvizh, Belarus

This blog is dedicated to the joy of travelling through unusual, historical places. 

Many destinations have become so tourist-focused that they no longer have any sense of real adventure. Instead, let us rediscover the excitement of exploring places less travelled. 

These foundational principles underpin all that we do:

• Travel gives us much-needed context for the world around us. 
• Disneyland is nice and all, but it's not real. 
• There's no point in going to Benidorm and spending your evenings in the English pub, watching Premier League football. 
• A view from a train window gives a much more authentic view of what a place is really like:  rural and urban, rich and poor. 
• Using public transport like a local is a much better experience than a hire car. 
• There's little point in getting London/Paris/Rome souvenir mugs or keyrings that have all been mass-produced in some Chinese factory and bought wholesale at Yiwu. Souvenirs should be things that can't just be bought off the internet. 
• These posts are written by a nerd of physics and history, which may rather shape things...