It’s hard to know how to describe Bucharest. At least that’s how I felt when I was there. A curious mix of influences between Eastern and Western Europe leaves the capital of Romania not quite sure where it’s standing. Beautiful architecture stood next to ruins; hipster bars next to traditional bakeries. Piata Unirii, my starting …
Guys… I’m gonna be straight with you. 2024 has been a LOT. Too much, in fact. I set out intending to have a slower year, and instead I’ve been going a million miles an hour and haven’t stopped. My downfall was deciding that I’m on a mission. I realised last year that I actually didn’t …
I’d like to introduce, possibly, my new favourite place in Poland: Wroclaw! I say this with some trepidation because it’s really, really hard to beat Gdansk. I honestly can’t decide if it does, but I can wholeheartedly say that Wroclaw is fantastic. I’m skipping ahead several trips (I’ve had a very busy few months in …
A couple of years ago, I decided something needed to change. I had visited London at least 60 times, and yet I had never done any of the big tourist attractions. I’d never been into the Tower Of London, nor ridden on the London Eye. I hadn’t been into St Paul’s or Westminster Abbey. I …
Stepping off the boat at 8am, I had a long day ahead in which I hoped to see as much of Tallinn, Estonia’s charming capital city, as possible. A lot of people do visit Tallinn as a day trip on the ferry from Helsinki, but I had done it with a twist – I’d spent …
To get from Helsinki to Tallinn, I did what many people do and took the ferry across the water, a wonderful journey linking two countries. Anyone familiar with this crossing will be thinking, “but Clazz, it’s a two hour ferry. What do you mean overnight?!” Well, buckle up, because I embarked on a true Finnish …
From Stockholm, I flew on to Helsinki, the final of my Nordic capitals to visit. I’ve got to admit I wasn’t expecting a lot from Helsinki, which may have contributed to my decision to arrive later and cut down my time in the city to basically one day. The good thing is, there wasn’t a …
If you’ve read my latest blog post, you’ll know that the main reason I stopped off in Stockholm was to stay at the jumbo jet hotel at Arlanda airport. But there was one reason I wanted to go into Stockholm itself: to check out as many underground metro stations as possible! You see, I didn’t …
I have been fortunate enough to have done a lot of awesome things this year – and without a doubt, one of my favourite experiences from the entire year was sleeping in a jumbo jet engine! Yes, you read that right. An engine. And you thought the robot dinosaur hotel was going to be the …
Our weekend in the south of France may have been more about visiting Monaco, but the biggest surprise of our trip was just how much we enjoyed Nice. For some reason, the French Riviera has never been high up on my list, and to be honest if it wasn’t for Monaco we probably still wouldn’t …
