SOMETIMES you just need to sit down and do nothing for just a little while. That's what Sardinia is for.

TUCKED away in the north-east corner of Slovenia is a tasty food-lover's paradise.

I WRITE to you watching a volcano erupting on Bali. It’s gonna be a blast. Wish you were here.

HOTEL Hollywood Lima. The Gran Hotel Bolivar is a hallmark of old Peruvian establishment and famous for Pisco Sours.

THIS is my favourite picture from Hanoi. This man lives on the North-South railway line aka Train Street.

PERCHED on the shores of shimmering Lake Geneva, Lausanne is one sweet city.

DESPITE those Scandi-noir sagas and Sarah Lund jumpers, Denmark has been voted the happiest place on the planet.

THE words ‘bike’ and ‘holiday’ are not two that I would ever put together, but here I am with my ‘go as fast as I dare’.

AFTER backpacking around Peru Natalie Chalk is hooked but finds teaching English in Lima to be full of surprises.

THE special relationship between the UK and the US seems stronger than ever as America takes No1 spot this summer!

THE travel sector needs to think beyond “one size fits all” to cash in on the huge untapped market of diverse customers.

WRITTEN by Natalie Chalk, a UK journalist: Where to drink coffee in Zagreb www.chasingthedonkey.com

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EAT this, they say. Taste the wine, come try gibanica. I’m at a food festival in Slovenia.

DEMOLITION begins on a statue that's stood as a symbol of Bulgaria’s 1300-year history.