It’s twenty fifteen!

Happy new year! It is 2015 and this post comes a little late as I have been visiting family and friends around England over the festive period. It’s time to reflect a little… Continue reading →

How to hostel when you are the wrong side of 25…

OK so I’m rapidly approaching the big three-ohhh, but I splash the cash wisely based on being able to do, see and experience more when I travel. Hotels aren’t expensive in Central and… Continue reading →

Coffee and Cake Odyssey in Central Europe

Coffee shop culture has been a way of life in European cities since it’s popularity in the spread of the Ottoman empire, and introduction via Venice around 1600 AD. Vienna’s coffeehouses are known… Continue reading →

Postcards from Budapest

Mental musings in Venice

Blue. Green. Emerald. Bluey greeny turquoise. The water is beautiful; a little choppy though in this gondola. But the air is crisp and I’m feeling cosy in my black wool jumper.  I’m looking… Continue reading →

Happy new year!

I started this year off with a short trip to the Peak District, England on the way home from visiting family. Taking in a few long walks, enjoying a cosy B&B, and indulging… Continue reading →

Trips to Cambridge, Budapest and Vienna ahead!

Upcoming trips ahead include a weekend in the English University city of Cambridge in a couple of weeks time. Hoping to explore the colleges and old pubs, and if the weather holds I… Continue reading →

Ramla Bay, Gozo, Malta

Close to the small town of Xagħra in Gozo, Malta, you will find a long windy road down to a large, wide bay of rich red sand. As one of the only sandy beaches… Continue reading →

Dwejra Bay, Gozo (Part 1)

Having just returned from the beautiful Maltese island of Gozo I could not wait to share with you some of the amazing places I visited on this tiny island in the Med. First… Continue reading →

Five week count down to Gozo!

It’s not long now until I head off for a week to the tiny island of Gozo, near Malta in the Mediterranean. Not many people seem to have heard of it – it’s between… Continue reading →