Tales from the most heavily travelled continent in the world, but also what may be my spiritual home – Europe.
When it comes to Christmas time, Vienna takes its celebrations seriously. Around every corner is a Christmas market with stalls bursting with people keeping warm with a mug of gluhwein. The Vienna Christmas markets are …
The Czech Republic, or Czechia as it is increasingly being known, is quickly becoming a favourite destination of central Europe. As a country once behind the Iron Curtain, it’s safe to say Czechia’s popularity in …
The Baltic is one of Europe’s most exciting regions for travel at the moment. More and more travellers are realizing the potential of the Baltic States as a destination and are seeing the trio of …
Europe in summer can be a pretty crazy place to be. The swell in tourist numbers is obvious almost everywhere. Clearly, that’s because of some unwritten rule that summer is the best and only time …
Winter can be a tricky season to travel in. You never know whether a destination is a good place to go in winter or not. Well rest assured, because visiting Vienna in winter isn’t only possible, …
More and more I’m finding that it’s the smaller cities in Europe that leave me wanting more. A perfect example is the small city of Delft between The Hague and Rotterdam in the Netherlands‘ west. …
When people talk about planning a trip to Malta, they tend to fall into one of two camps. Either they want to relax by a beach or they want to spend their time sightseeing and …
The Balkans are still a destination growing in popularity, as is one of its largest countries – Serbia. Countries like Croatia and Montenegro earn quite a bit of buzz these days, but Serbia seems to …
Given the many cities I travelled to in Romania, it’s a little surprising that the city of Cluj-Napoca was perhaps my favourite big city stop. Found in the country’s northwest, it is considered the unofficial …
There was a real theme to my last trip to Spain, way back in 2019. My destinations weren’t connected by region or history, but instead by a coastline. Without meaning to I’d arranged for most …