Richard Franks is a freelance travel writer born and bred in Birmingham, UK.
Over the last decade, he has carefully crafted pieces on his hometown and various other parts of Europe for a number of publications including The Guardian, Metro, Culture Trip and Wanderlust.
If he’s not travelling across Europe, you’ll usually find him at a local brewery or supporting his football team Aston Villa, wherever they may be playing.
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