The first sight of Ngong House, when you round the corner of the dirt track under the acacia trees, is of a low-lying bungalow.

While there may be novels that change lives, it’s enough for me that one changed my thoughts on home decor. When an interview was relocated from New York City to Prague, I thought, “I must see the glass room.”

Photos by Peter Hunt
If you are feeling arty, fly straight to Prague.
From Frank Gehry’s Dancing House (also known as Fred and Ginger House), the streets are awash with visual treats. You turn a corner and there are some weird babies with TVs for faces, by David Cerny, crawling towards you. Out on the river, there’s [...]

Photos by Fuzz Dyer
If you want wildlife with your breakfast (not in your breakfast, you understand) then I can think of no better place than Hogmead, in the leafy and gorgeous Karen district of Nairobi, Kenya where a wild boar might just saunter past as you are enjoying an early morning plate of poached eggs. [...]

I am standing on the spot where the course of history changed. I am in Prague, perhaps 100 yards from Frank Gehry’s famous 1996 building, The Dancing House, but it is not modern architecture I have come to see.
Instead, I have walked into the crypt of a church you could easily stroll past and [...]

Photos by Petr Novy
We do love an obscure museum, especially one that is hard to reach yet delivers all it promises. It is unlikely you will be just passing through Jablonec nad Nisou, a small town about an hour and a half by car from Prague. However, if you love glass, you should make the [...]

Photos Courtesy of Hotel Cipriani
Some hotels are world famous because they deserve it. Some hotels stay worth the hype. Such a hotel is the enchanting Hotel Cipriani, out on the lagoon in Venice. After many years of traveling, it always makes my personal “Top 10” list, because of course, it is gorgeous, the setting looking [...]

Photos Courtesy of The Orient-Express
Just the sound of it is a delight; Orient Express. So, being among the world’s few truly lucky people to have travelled on the legendary train that runs from Calais to Venice, I am delighted to share the cheery news that there is a fine addition to the Orient Express rolling [...]

Absolutely not to be missed if you should find yourself in Florence before end January 2013, the Marilyn exhibition at Museo Salvatore Ferragamo.
While of course I appreciate Marilyn’s unique position as a global icon, I’m not one of those people who snaps up every new tome on the doomed bombshell who died in still-suspicious circumstances [...]

Photo by Peter Hunt
They’ve been shucking oysters and stacking shellfish over ice into platters of “fruits de mer” at Brasserie Terminus Nord since 1925. This Paris brasserie is still superb and the best news, it is bang opposite the Eurostar terminal.
The chic way to travel; arrive at Gare du Nord two hours ahead of departure [...]