Most people visit Cyprus during the summer, but you shouldn’t avoid this charming Mediterranean island during low season. Known for being the birthplace of Aphrodite: the Goddess of Beauty, Cyprus has much to love – even in winter.
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Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet
I’ve been travelling the world, on-and-off, for almost 16 years—ever since an adventurous 4 week train journey took me through Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic into Romania back in the days when they each had separate currencies. …
10 Foods To Try in Europe
Warning: This post will make you hungry!
I had not been travelling for long before I realised that my trip would become a culinary tour of Europe, devoted mainly to trying different, and amazing, new foods—even more so than experiencing …
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly—A Week in Corfu
If you read my last post then you will know that I had a few reservations about booking a package holiday but decided to go ahead and book a week to Corfu in Greece. Well I have just returned from …
Package Holidays: Love Them or Loathe Them?
Most people spend the year looking forward to the time when they can take a well-earned rest from the hard work of the daily grind. Many people envisage a couple of weeks on a sun-soaked beach, with a selection of …
Guest Post: The Best Greek Restaurant I Never Knew
In honour of my travels to Greece next week, I thought I’d get in the Greek mood so here is a guest post from David Baboulene to get you into the mediterranean mood!
David ‘Windy’ Baboulene and his friend NotNorman …
Read Your Way Around The World
Travel books don’t necessarily have to be books written by travellers, most of the books that have inspired me to travel are novels in which the setting is important to the atmosphere of the book. As a child I was …