We weren’t originally meant to go to Warsaw. Our plan was to visit Gdansk for a weekend, but a few weeks before the trip our flight home got cancelled and we were moved to a flight the next day instead. Unfortunately this meant we had to book the day off work, for a lunchtime flight …
There are countless city destinations all over Europe, and it feels like we have visited loads this year – and to my surprise, one that I loved more than most has been Gdansk. “Where?” my colleague asked, before promptly booking a flight to join us on the trip. It’s in Poland, by the way. This …
On our recent trip to Norway, one of the absolute highlights was getting to spend a night in Flam. Most people will visit Flam on a day trip, if that – taking the cruise round from Gudvangen, and taking the famous Flam railway to and/or from the town, with little time in between the journeys. …
We’ve just returned from a trip to Norway! This trip has been in the making for years, so I’m thrilled to say it was worth the wait – but I thought I’d start by addressing the big question everyone has about Norway: just how expensive is it? And how the hell do you save money? …
We recently spent four days on Rhodes, a fascinating Greek island steeped in history. There are a lot of Greek islands I’d love to visit – Santorini, Crete, Zante. Weirdly, I’d never really thought of Rhodes. However if it’s Greek history and lovely island towns that you want, look no further than Rhodes. Packed with …
The main point of flying to Venice wasn’t to visit Italy at all, despite that becoming the bulk of the trip – it was to finally visit the neighbouring country of Slovenia, somewhere that has been on my list for years. It seemed a bit silly, then, to barely be spending three days in the …
“I have really f*cked up. Oh my God… David, I have REALLY f*cked up.” “Clazz… where are we???” My friend David had brought up Google maps and was frantically zooming out. “Erm… Clazz, where is Dusseldorf??!” It was 11.30pm and we had arrived in Germany. Moments earlier, I’d been preparing to jump on a train …
Visiting Auschwitz was never going to be easy. It’s not exactly a walk in the park where you can tune out or share your deep thoughts with nature, or even a look around a museum where words can fill you with knowledge but not leave a mark on your soul. No, this was being faced …
A few months ago, I finally returned to Budapest, eight years after my first visit. Budapest very quickly became one of my favourite cities in Europe, and I was curious to see how I would find it a second time around, and whether the magic would capture me just as instantaneously as it did the …
I’ve just returned from a spontaneous trip to Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania. Why Kaunas? Quite simply, a) because there were cheap flights, b) they worked for a long weekend for which I had one day’s holiday left to take at work, and c) I’ve never been to Lithuania before! Truthfully, I’d never …
