Travel
Caye Caulker
Island life: Caye Caulker’s motto is ‘go slow’ and here visitors learn to take the rough with the smooth.
- Originally published: 29 Dec 2011 in Belize
Trier
Germany’s oldest city, Trier was an important centre of the Roman Empire and sometime home to the Emperor himself.
- Originally published: 14 Nov 2011 in Europe
Istanbul
A crazy city of 13m people where East meets West, Istanbul has always been a vast, confusing metropolis. Some things never change!
- Originally published: 25 Sep 2011 in Middle East
Göreme
Leaving the city for the desert: the rocky landscapes of Göreme, a town in Central Anatolia that has become a popular destination for backpackers.
- Originally published: 25 Sep 2011 in Middle East
Sintra
Romantic architecture and the stuff of pure whimsy: welcome to Sintra and its castles in the sky!
- Originally published: 13 Jun 2011 in Architecture, Europe
Bike and kayak in Lisbon and Arrábida
Lisbon is great to visit by bike – provided you start at the top of a hill. And when you’re done with the city, the beautiful coastline awaits!
- Originally published: 13 Jun 2011 in Europe
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Romeyer and Die
A few thoughts on our first night at Romeyer in the Diois, in the shadow of the Vercors plateau.
- Originally published: 8 Jul 2010 in Europe
Lakes with the Lads
A jaunt around the Lake District. Rubbish weather and gorgeous scenery.
- Originally published: 11 Aug 2007 in UK
Black Albert
5/5. Don’t let the heavy alcohol content put you off: Black Albert is nothing less than a sour revelation.
- Originally published: 20 Nov 2011 in Beer
Baltasar and Blimunda
Saramago’s breakthrough novel in English, full of contrasts and landscapes but lacking his later spark.
- Originally published: 17 Jan 2010 in Books
La Gloria para El Mejor
Spain dominated Euro 2008. Is the hegemony of European football changing?
- Originally published: 30 Jun 2008 in Editorial
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
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Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.