I flew an LCC and I liked it? Flight Review of Vueling from Granada to Barcelona
This was my first time flying a low cost carrier in Europe and I was both excited to try a new airline but also worried about how I’d...
Pilatus: Riding the World’s Steepest Cog Railway
Waking up in the charming Swiss city of Lucerne a beautiful view filled the windows of our loft AirBnB room. Our AirBnB was a few...
Windmills, Waffles and Clogs: A day trip from Amsterdam
If you have read any of my previous blog posts, you’ll probably be aware that I’m quite the nerd. If you are a first-time reader (hello...
Travel Detour: How an upset stomach gave me time to explore Stockholm
Coronavirus has had me, like the rest of the world, self isolating for the last six weeks. Given that I won’t actually be travelling...
Bathhouses of Budapest
As a kid it wouldn’t be unusual to be put in a bath with the neighbours’ kids or my cousins if our family were visiting or those after...
Zurich: Old Town Pride
After a few days of theatre and shows in London it was time to visit a new country, Switzerland. Thom had already visited many years...
Castles of Aargau Canton, Switzerland
It’s been over a decade since I’ve driven on the wrong side of the road and the first time I’ve done so in Europe. Today...
London, Spice Girls, Hamilton and 9to5
The gloomy skies of south eastern England greeted us as we exited the Eurostar tunnel on the English side of the channel. While the gloomy...
Château de Fontainebleau
Bonjour from Paris (spoken with a try hard French accent) seems like an appropriate greeting to our first cultural day in the French...
OnDestination: Utrecht’s Dom Tower Climb
As I climbed the 465 mostly stone steps to the top of the Dom Tower in Utrecht, my mind boggled at the thought that these stairs have been...
