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Surprising Skopje, Macedonia

April 26, 2014April 26, 2014 Europe, Featured, Nature aqueduct, balkans, cross, lake, macedonia, matka canyon, millennium, skopje, vodno

One thing travelling teaches you is the element of surprise. Cities long-hailed as great places to visit can disappoint (Vienna, I’m looking at you), and places often ignored, turn out to be some of the most

My Upcoming Summer Plans

March 30, 2014May 26, 2014 Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, Life in Sweden, Nature, Plans, Swedish Tourism, Travelling eating out, gothenburg, gotland, göteborg, kayak, macedonia, plans, restaurant, rooftop hiking, skopje, stockholm, sweden, thai food, travel, Upcoming Plans, visby

Now that the light is finally shining at the end of Sweden’s long, wintry tunnel, I am feeling the urge to climb out from under the thick duvet I have hidden under for the last

10 Awesome Movie Locations Around The World

March 26, 2014March 26, 2014 Asia, Europe, Featured, Nature, Photography, Travelling argentina, bali, bogota, bourne supremacy, brazil, breakfast at tiffany's, buenos aires, cambodia, casa rosada, colombia, eat pray love, evita, film, glencoe, glenfinnan, goa, harry potter, iceland, iguazu, india, lara croft, location, maya bay, movie, mr and mrs smith, new york city, NYC, palolem, phi phi lei, siem reap, skyfall, ta prohm, thailand, the beach, the mission, tiffany's, tomb raider, ubud, viaduct, walter mitty

When I travel I don’t deliberately seek out places that have been used as film locations, but every now and then I happen to stumble into one. Here is a round-up of the 10 best

Stockholm Winter Blues. Or, What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Come.

March 24, 2014November 30, 2014 Europe, Life in Sweden, Nature, Swedish Climate, Travelling cold, miserable, stockholm, sweden, weather, winter

Stockholm is a truly stunning city; that much has been established by pretty much any traveller to set foot on the cobbled stones of the Old Town. In the short summer months, boats chug across sparkling

The Highs and Lows of Searching for the Northern Lights

March 7, 2014April 13, 2014 Europe, Nature, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling arctic circle, aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, lapland, northern lights, northern lights apartments, porjus, sweden, swedish lapland

"An obsession consumed me, and the more I saw, the more I wanted"Relentless blasts of icy wind grasped at the exposed skin of my cheeks, the only flesh not covered in layers of wool and

Dogsledding in Lapland with Arctic Husky Adventures

March 2, 2014April 13, 2014 Europe, Friends and Family, Life in Sweden, Nature, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling adventure, arctic, arctic circle, dogsledding, husky, jokkmokk, lapland, sweden

A memorable journey is often more about the people you meet than the things you see, and when I went dogsledding with Arctic Husky Adventures in Jokkmokk, Swedish Lapland, last week I met quite possibly

What to Pack for Iceland in Winter

December 21, 2013January 6, 2014 Advice, Europe, Featured, Nature, Travelling Buff, climate, clothing, europe, Icebreaker, iceland, layers, merino, North Face, weather

There is a common saying amongst Icelanders that goes like this: ‘If you don’t like the weather in Iceland, wait 5 minutes’. The point is this: Iceland’s climate is changeable, and this makes it difficult to pack

The Jim Thompson House, Bangkok

December 9, 2013April 26, 2016 Asia, Food and Drink, History, Nature, Tradition, Travelling bangkok, house, jim thompson, silk, thailand

When I was a student we used to visit a restaurant called Jim Thompson’s. It was an Asian fusion restaurant that was well known in my university town, not only for good food, but also

Jökulsárlón: Finding Icebergs on the Beach in Iceland

December 5, 2013April 17, 2016 Beaches, Europe, Nature, Travelling europe, glacier, iceland, Jökulsárlón, lagoon, nature, zodiac

Incredibly, I had not heard of Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon, until a week before I left for Iceland. Of course, I knew that Iceland is full of beautiful scenery and that there is a very

Searching for the Northern Lights in Iceland

December 1, 2013November 17, 2017 Europe, Nature, Travelling aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, nature, northern lights, reykjavik

Driving deeper into the Icelandic wilderness the excitement on the bus was tangible: the atmosphere quickening with anticipation at every twist of the winding road. People clutched their cameras and stared at the opaque blackness

Taking a Dip in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon

November 9, 2013December 21, 2013 Europe, Nature, Travelling blue lagoon, europe, geothermal energy, health, iceland, spa

Steam rising from the milky blue water of the Blue Lagoon is probably the most iconic image of Iceland for many people. Indeed, it was one of the things that I knew I simply must

Discovering Lovely Looe, Cornwall

September 22, 2013December 21, 2013 Europe, Nature, Travelling, Working Overseas britain, cornwall, england, fishing, looe, smuggling, uk, village

In British English the word loo is a colloquial term for the toilet, so when my sister and her husband announced that they were moving to Looe—pronounced in the same way—they received a few sniggers

Boating In The Rain on Lake Bled

September 14, 2013December 21, 2013 Europe, Nature, Travelling bled, europe, lake bled, rain, slovenia, weather

In May I wrote a post outlining my intended travel plans for the summer. Stunning Lake Bled in Slovenia was to be the glittering pinnacle of my trip. It was the place that I was

Reasons To Go On A Lake District Holiday

April 24, 2013June 21, 2013 Europe, Nature, Travelling, United Kingdom

For both national and international tourists, the Lake District in North West England has been a popular holiday destination for decades. Even the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge recently spent a day in the Lake District

Europe’s Fairy-Tale Castles: Castell Coch, Cardiff

April 20, 2013June 21, 2013 Europe, History, Nature, Travelling, United Kingdom cardiff, castell coch, castle, fairytale, uk, united kingdom, wales

Ascending dramatically from a sea of tangled forest, the three turrets of Castell Coch are a scene straight from a fairy tale. The castle would not look amiss in any part of medieval Europe. It

Tenby: Welsh Seaside Town of a Bygone Age

April 7, 2013July 16, 2013 Beaches, Europe, History, Nature, Travelling, United Kingdom seaside resort, tenby, united kingdom, wales

When the Napoleonic Wars of the Nineteenth Century ravished many of the fashionable spa resorts across Europe, small British resorts became a popular second choice for a holiday by the sea. Amongst these resorts Tenby

Scottish Highlands: A Romantic Retreat

March 6, 2013January 20, 2014 Europe, Nature, Travelling beach, castle, eileen donan, fairy pool, glencoe, isle of skye, lake, morar, romance, scotland, silver sands, skye, travel, uk, waterfall, wedding

There is nothing more romantic than the beauty of natural scenery, and my recent trip to the stunning Scottish Highlands got me thinking about how Scotland has the perfect landscape for a romantic retreat, and

Skye: Scotland’s Island Paradise

March 2, 2013May 12, 2013 Europe, Nature, Travelling, United Kingdom fairy pools, glenbrittle, highlands, kilt rock, mealt, scotland, skye, waterfall

Our 3-day itinerary only afforded us one day on the Isle of Skye, so we had to make the best of it by getting up early and jumping into the car while hard frost still

40 Things I Want To Do Before I’m 40

February 10, 2013August 19, 2018 Featured, Nature, Travelling ambitions, bucket list, goals, travel

I celebrated my 34th birthday this week, so to honour the occasion I thought I would compile a list of the 40 things I would most like to do before I am 40. This was

5 Must-Sees: Argentina

February 9, 2013March 7, 2013 Nature, South America, Travelling 5 must-sees, argentina, buenos aires, casa rosada, colonia del sacramento, el calfate, eva peron, glacier, iguazu falls, la boca, magellan penguin, malbec, mendoza, peninsula valdes, perito moreno, puerto madryn, recoleta, south america

Argentina is a vast and diverse country where you can experience mountainous grandeur, tropical jungles, spectacular waterfalls and cosmopolitan cities. But the sprawling expanse of Argentina is difficult to cover without plenty of time on