When I started researching where to stay and visit around Lake Garda, I was intimidated. Yes, me. Intimidated by a very popular, very well-touristed region of a very easy country to travel; a country that I am very familiar with myself. Back when I looked at Lake Como, I instantly marked out recognisable names like …
Once again, I have undertaken a trip to somewhere totally off the beaten path, resulting in me finding an even less beaten-path way back. This time, my mission was to get to Kosovo, which is actually pretty easy to visit from Albania. However, flights between Edinburgh and Tirana aren’t all that regular, so while I …
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been diligently working towards the aim of visiting every country in Europe. That means two things: I’ve been visiting a lot of places I never thought I would, finding some surprising gems along the way. And secondly, I’ve been abandoning other places that have been higher on my …
Well folks, it’s been a while since I did a Photo Friday post! In fact, I don’t think I managed to do any last year, as I was so busy with all the regular blog posts. I have edited and uploaded far more photos of Lake Como than I used in my last blog post, …
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 …
One of the maddest additions to our recent trip to Italy was a day trip to the tiny country of San Marino. In itself, this wouldn’t be a weird stop to add – but originally, the trip was just going to be Venice and Slovenia. We decided to add another country to the list, and …
Venice is one of the most unique places in Europe – but it’s also one of the busiest, with tourists descending on the sinking city in their thousands every single day. It’s a city that a lot of people don’t expect to love, and depending on your experience, your expectations could be right. Me? I …
I’ve been reminiscing a lot recently. I’ve also been looking forward to the next few months, and the realisation that I’ll be 30 at the beginning of next year made me think of my gradually-forgotten goal of visiting 30 countries, which I assumed would be long reached by now. The truth is, I stopped country-counting …
2017 has been a funny one for me. I spent 10 months doing less travelling than I’ve done since I began travelling, but exploring lots of my own home and the UK, before suddenly visiting 3 countries in less than a month. But although travel hasn’t been my number one priority this year, I’ve kept …
A few weeks ago, I found myself with a spare month in which I could do whatever I liked. As some of you know, I finished my job in the hostel at the beginning of October, and with an imminent winter starting in Scotland, my first plan was naturally to travel and find some sun …
