Lübeck is a medieval city only about 60 km from Hamburg, which makes it an ideal day trip destination from Hamburg My partner and I paid €34 (€28 for 1 person) for…
Granada in May
Granada started off our week in southern Spain If I were a native of southern Spain I would have felt insulted with the popular image associated with the area : tacky…
Seville in May
Off to Seville from Granada My friend and I continued our tour of southern Spain. We took the 11.19 train to Seville and arrived just before 14.45. We were very…
Córdoba in May
Day trip to Córdoba from Seville From our new base in Seville my friend and I continued our tour of southern Spain. To catch the 9.20 train to Córdoba we…
Cádiz in May
Day trip to Cádiz from Seville From our base in Seville we continued our tour of southern Spain. Having had to make a mad rush to get the train from…
Málaga in May
Málaga for 2 half days We said goodbye to Seville and took the 11.00 train for Málaga for our flight back to London the next day. We arrived just after…
Riga – a fantastic Latvian treat!
This post is part of a series called The Balkans How to get from Tallinn to Riga?🤔 I arranged to meet up with my niece in Tallinn in May 2018…
A day in Tallinn in May 2018
This post is part of a series called The Balkans Tallinn revisited Tallinn in late May 2018 was an unexpected and spontaneous trip for me. My niece told me in…
Annecy – a photographer’s dream!
One of the reasons that my friend and I chose to stay in Lyon for a few days in early May 2018 was that we could take a train from…
Pérouges – a picturesque medieval town
Pérouges is perfect for a day trip from Lyon. It’s just 40 kilometres from Lyon and around 30 minutes on a comfortable and clean train. My friend and I spent…