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 …
“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 …
Can you believe it’s been a YEAR since we went to Japan?! Tomorrow marks a year since we flew out to Tokyo, so I’ve been reminiscing about our time there. What a blast we had – from the full-on bright lights of Tokyo to relaxing on a peaceful island with deer and shrines, from a …
You may have gathered that I loved our trip to Madeira! One of the many things I enjoyed about it was wandering around Funchal looking for the painted doors. This proved easy enough as they’re mostly concentrated on Rua de Santa Maria, so once we got onto that street, I simply walked to the end. …
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 …
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, …
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, …
Have you ever heard of Transnistria? I can’t blame you if you haven’t. It’s a country that doesn’t exist. Transnistria, or Pridnestrovie as it’s called locally (full name Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, or PMR), is an autonomous breakaway region of Moldova that self-declared independence in 1992 after the fall of the Soviet Union. The only problem? …
Arriving in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, I truly had no idea what I’d find there. My one preconception of Moldova is that it’s completely mad. This is entirely based on Eurovision, in which they have entered many of Eurovision’s most batshit crazy contestants. They are, after all, responsible for Epic Sax Guy. Not to …
