The rigour and control of winemaking in France is taken to another level in Champagne. I respect the producers and like the product and I had visited Épernay a few months earlier to mark my 50th birthday. I drove the 570km from Zurich to see another centre of champagne in Reims and to photograph its magnificent Cathedral. […]
My journey from Southern Tyrol took me through the Val Müstair, over Ofenpass at an elevation of 2,149m and through the 19km Vereina Rail Tunnel on a car transporter. Thereafter, the road wound past Kueblis and down, out of the mountains to Landquart, where I joined the autobahn to Zürich. The following day as I explored […]
On leaving my employer of 14 years and finding myself with some free time, I have embarked on a month-long transitional road trip from the UK to the Dalmatian Coast with my camera. I will post my photographs and comments here as I go. So far I have visited Amsterdam, Heidelberg and Salzburg. Here is a selection from […]
Colin Melvin 