Vantaa to Lappeenranta (and back again) by train
We’d arranged to have one night in Vantaa (a suburb of Helsinki) as we knew we wouldn’t be getting there till after midnight. The next day we had to get…
Lappeenranta
After a one-night stop over in a suburb of Helsinki called Vantaa, we headed up to Lappeenranta, a city in South-Eastern Finland. This place is not on the usual European…
Scandinavia
The Trip Between March and April 2018 we spent 12 nights travelling around Scandinavia. We managed to squeeze a lot in; visiting Finland, Sweden and Norway on this whistle-stop tour.…
Review // Downtown Camper hotel in Stockholm (my new favourite hotel)
The Room (517) I really enjoyed sitting here (probably contemplating world domination) drinking a nice coffee and just watching the world go by below me. This was a really nice…
Bristol to Helsinki, Finland
Bristol has a fantastic brand spanking airport, in fact, it’s my favourite airport. I hate having to fly from any other airport in the UK. Especially Heathrow or Gatwick but…
Lijiang
We had a thoroughly nice time in Lijiang. Our trip coincided with the ‘Naxi Torch Festival‘ which is an ancient folk custom where fires and torches are lit for three…
Tiger Leaping Gorge
We visited ‘Tiger Leaping Gorge’ as part of a day trip from Lijiang. It’s located about 60km north of Lijiang and takes a couple of hours to get there. There…
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square is a must-see if you find yourself in Beijing. It’s a very interesting place to visit especially in light of everything that has happened there over the years.…
Review // Purbeck House Hotel, Swanage
We live a couple of hours away from the lovely Dorset coast so we like to visit there whenever we can. We recently headed down to Swanage; a small coastal…
Cape Town
Cape Town was the first stop on my first round the world trip back in 2002. I went to South Africa first because I wanted to fulfil a lifelong dream…