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We’ll walk on 4000 year old ferns, step through open-air bus stops designed by some of the greatest architects in the world and hear about some medieval herbal healing practices directly approved of by the Pope. It’s gathered together nearly 200 local operatives into one cheese route in the splendorous beautiful mountains of Bregenzerwald. It’s a remarkably creative project that’s just turned 20 years old and which reflects the spirit of innovation found throughout a region that remains steeped in tradition as well. The winners were Alexander Brodsky from Russia, Rintala Eggertsson Architects from Norway, Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu from Belgium, Ensamble Studio Antón García-Abril from Spain, Smiljan Radic from Chile, Sou Fujimoto from Japan and Wang Shu from China.

That taking photos of the back of my head will suddenly become an enhanced part of my travel photography repertoire… 4 – That I am not invincible and that every pregnancy is different. And let’s not even get started on how many people don’t seem to know that eggs don’t have milk or seafood in them… And more to the point, it’s harder than ever to skip meals without running into morning sickness or passing out head-first into the alcohol-soaked brie and liver pate that’s just been served up with raw eggs and arsenic. That’s just not true and it’s an important reminder of the many, many illnesses people have to deal with that have no outward signs at all.

So, if you’ve no interest in twitter (gasp) then move right along, perhaps by travel photos from around the world… It’s a plan to get travellers together to have a chat about the thing that moves them: travel. It takes place every Tuesday at 9.30am and 9.30pm GMT (Not sure what that means where you are? If you made it to the first #TTOT, please note that the time has now changed to 9.30 am and pm GMT ee you there!

A post-it note reminded me that I’d promised to say a few words about how to find the best travel blogs, so here you go. If you’re looking for a great travel blog to read (rather than trying to find a travel blogger to work with) then here’s how to do it: find one blogger whose work you love and see who they recommend and work with. Unfortunately, it’s based more on blogger subscriber numbers rather than finely matched interests but it is a) a good place to start and b) bloggers can create lists of other bloggers there. Which brings me on to the next method… Lists of the Best Travel Blogs There are probably as many, if not more, lists ranking travel blogs than there are travel blogs themselves.