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 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…

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…

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…

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 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…

For our latest city break my travel buddy and I chose Lyon in May 2018. Why Lyon? It is France’s second city It is famous for its murals.  It is a…

This post is part of a series called Around Italy I have come to the conclusion that Burano and Murano are best visited on separate days for them to be…

This post is part of a series called Around Italy Years ago when my partner and I were in Venice we took a tour to the Venetian islands of Murano,…

This post is part of a series called Around Italy Bassano del Grappa is  just over an hour on the train from Vicenza (including changing trains) After the crowds on…