Jim Eagles follows the footsteps of his colourful boyhood hero, Sir Francis Drake.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's engagement could be a long one. The actor says the couple has yet to set a wedding date.

Simon Winter contemplates strapping sanitary pads to his inner-soles as he nears the Spanish Pilgrim Trail's 250km mark.

Jo Bates wanders off the tourist track to discover the real Palma de Mallorca.

"Wish you were here" isn't a slogan that can be spotted amid the racks of postcards spilling into the streets in Athens' tourist traps, but the sentiment is visible everywhere.

The jury is out in the Emily Longley murder case.

Simon Winter struggles to get any kip in a dorm room full of snoring hikers.

Simon Winter encounters all manner of wanderers on the Spanish Pilgrim Trail.

Here's some news New Zealand, we don't have the world's worst internet. In fact it's in a small Spanish village...

The 775-kilometre Spanish Pilgrim Trail, which runs from St-Jean Pied-de-Port, on the French side of the Pyrennes, to Santiago De Compostella, on Spain's far north-western coast, attracts tens of thousands of walkers each year. Former nzherald.co.nz news editor Simon Winter took on the trail in 2012 - these photos document some of his journey. Click here to read Simon's blog about the trip.

The increasing likelihood of Greece leaving the euro-zone has sent world sharemarkets down overnight.

Michele Hewitson ticks off the items on her Paris to-do lists and discovers even more to do.

World sharemarkets have stayed stable overnight, as investors appear unperturbed at the outcome of elections in France and Greece.