If there’s one area of Switzerland I could see myself visiting time and time again, it’s got to be the Bernese Oberland, an impressive stretch of mountain ranges encompassing the vast area between Bern and Lucerne. More specifically, I would return to Jungfrau in a heartbeat, the region south of Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald. …
Hotels? Booked. Swiss Travel Pass? Purchased. Panoramic train reservations? Sorted months in advance. Llama trek and yurt stay? Check. Wait… what? We have just returned from what we have both declared to be one of our best holidays yet. It was one we’d been putting off, not deliberately, but because Switzerland is somewhere you can’t …
I’ve spent the past couple of years visiting a lot of European cities, adding to an ever-growing list that I’ve been working through for years before that. From history and culture to food and architecture, as well as quirky pubs and unique attractions, cities around Europe have endless fun to offer. Best of all, most …
“Extreme day trips” seem to be all the rage in the UK and Europe at the moment, with Facebook groups popping up for people to share their crazy adventures. I’m no stranger to the concept of extreme day trips – back in 2012, I took a day trip to Munich, and the following year another …
I want to shout it from the rooftops – I bloody LOVE Madeira! January always brings some winter blues, so we decided to go somewhere for my birthday. We wanted winter sun, I wanted somewhere that was already on my list, and we both wanted somewhere a bit different to the usual suspects like Tenerife …
My recent trip to Paris was, undeniably, a disaster from almost start to finish. This should have been one of the easiest trips I’d done all year; get down to London, stay the night, get up early for the Eurostar across to France, come back the following afternoon, and fly* home. *I suppose it should …
On my recent trip to Andorra, the plan was simple: fly in and out of Barcelona. Ryanair had different plans, however, as the return flight was coming up at a whopping £250. Firstly, WHO is paying that for a Ryanair flight?!? And secondly, fine, I’ll just fly home from Madrid instead – saving £200 and …
Andorra blew every expectation I had. A small town masquerading as a capital city, nestled in the mountains? That it certainly was – and I don’t think I appreciated just how beautiful that would make it. By the time I left, I wondered if Andorra La Vella is indeed Europe’s most scenic capital? And after …
In the past few months, I’ve visited three cities I don’t really like: Milan, Barcelona and Paris. Two of these were in passing, as part of larger trips. Paris was the one I was looking forward to the most – despite having a love/hate relationship with it, it’s been twelve years since my last visit, …
Over ten years ago, I visited Milan on one of my crazy day trips. I mostly remember going up to the rooftop of the Duomo, which was incredible although slippery, walking through the beautiful Galleria next door, and then setting off in search of food around Navigli, but instead being bamboozled by the tram system …
