While mainland Europe is seen as the place to be over the Christmas period, I’d say that Edinburgh is up there with the best. There’s nothing more magical than the charm of the Old Town taken up a notch, or the amazing Christmas lights on George Street, not to mention the fantastic Christmas markets. And …
As part of our recent Lake Garda trip, we ventured slightly further north to a terrific city I’d never heard much about: Trento. I talked in my last post about how easy it is to add on a day here, there and everywhere when it comes to planning a trip to northern Italy. We were …
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 …
Every September, hundreds of people gather on a tiny Scottish island mere minutes from another (larger) Scottish island, to watch hundreds of other people throw stones into the water. Or across the water, as is the aim of stone skimming – and where better for such an occasion than a slate quarry? Welcome to… the …
Fresh off the plane from my trip to Canada, I was swapping Calgary for Calgary Bay and heading to the west coast of Scotland for some much-needed Scottish island R&R before heading back to work. In keeping with the theme of my whole trip, this also didn’t go to plan. We were meant to be …
Back in 2024, a devastating fire ripped through Jasper National Park. Canada is sadly no stranger to wildfires in the summer months, but this was different. A third of Jasper town was destroyed, and people lost homes, businesses and livelihoods. Nobody was unaffected. It’s because of this that I wanted to make sure I scheduled …
I’ve spent a lot of time watching the sea planes taking off and landing over Vancouver’s harbour, so I decided on this trip that I’d like to finally take a ride on one of them. The problem is, when I looked at Harbour Air’s website, I discovered that they also offer a scenic flight from …
It’s decided: the age-old question of if you could only travel to one country for the rest of your life, where would it be? Mine is Canada. I’ve spent a lot of time in Canada over the years; almost ten months of my life, in fact. In that time, I’ve mostly only seen BC and …
Luggage is a necessary investment for travellers, and I won’t lie: whenever I need to buy a new suitcase, I always find it hard to choose what would be best. I recently tried out one of Level8’s hard-shell suitcases on a big trip around Canada, and I’ve just returned home so it’s time to report …
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 …
