North America

For music lovers, Muscle Shoals Alabama is a place of pilgrimage. The town’s vintage billboards proclaim it as the Hit recording capital of the world. …

Of all the places I visited on my Alabama road trip, Birmingham was the one that had the most Big City feel. There’s a vibrant …

The easy going city of Huntsville in Northern Alabama makes a great starting point for a road trip through the Deep South of the USA. …

In the land of present day Nova Scotia, far across the sea from their homeland, French settlers came in the 17th century to live among …

Canada’s smallest province of Prince Edward Island boasts sandy beaches, shallow bays and rolling farmlands. It provides a bounty from its cold Atlantic waters and …

I’ve always loved food as a gateway to culture, a way to dip our fork into the traditions, landscapes and history of the places we …

Arriving in Mobile on Alabama’s southern Gulf Coast, I immediately felt a relaxed and cosmopolitan atmosphere. It was somehow different to the bustling feel of …

I was two years old, when Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, for his work against racial injustice …

Believe me, in Alabama you won’t go hungry! On my road trip through the state I tasted my way through a whole range of Alabama …

Alabama is one of those states of the USA that feels a little overlooked by the UK traveller. We happily head to nearby Florida, New …

Nova Scotia in the early summer offered sunny days and sparkling water but not too many crowds. We’d already spent a couple of days exploring …