When my partner and I accompanied my sister and her husband to Vienna, we decided to take in another city for a couple of nights. It was a toss-up between Český…
Reykjavik – a winter wonderland
I love sunshine and warm weather when on holiday but I happily made an exception for Iceland in late February 2016 hoping to see the Northern Lights. In the event the…
Keukenhof – a feast for the eyes!
Keukenhof was poetry in colour on a sunny May day! It must be the world’s best garden! The colours and the setting have to be seen to be believed! To get the…
Colourful Stockholm in July
According to my pre-trip research the average July temperature in Stockholm was 18C. Well, that would be fine if it stayed dry, I thought. As it turned out we stuck…
Galway & Connemara in June 2017
My friend and I decided that the weather in Galway and Connemara would be dry and sunny at the end of June. Well, we were half right! But it was…
Locarno Switzerland on Lake Maggiore
From Baverno to Locarno Whilst staying in Baverno on Lake Maggiore for a few days in April 2017 my partner and I set aside a day to to this “must-take scenic…
Krakow in May 2017
Krakow topped every research that I made on what city to visit first in Poland. I can easily understand why! There’s a direct flight from London with British Airways for…
Malta in March 2017 for some early sunshine
Valletta – UNESCO World Heritage Site I went to Malta in 2003 to take my twin daughters to swim with the dolphins and stayed in the north of the island. So…
5 days in Moscow in July
(This blog was first posted on 18 February 2018 of my trip in July 2017. It’s updated 23 May 2023 because the photos in the original post did not display…
Gothenburg – a cash-free city
Gothenburg- A cash-free city My friend and I each had about £160 worth of Swedish krona left over from our trip to Stockholm in the previous year. With our hotel…