My travels in 2019 involved visiting 12 different countries along with a number of breaks in the UK. Of the 12 countries I visited last year, 5 were new destinations to me. These new countries included Bulgaria, Slovenia, (the former Soviet state of) Georgia, Vietnam and Singapore. The theme of new destinations continues in our…
Went August was the month of the epic road trip. 3 weeks of driving in our own car driving in a broadly circular, anti clockwise route around France and north west Spain. We had a villa booked in the Languedoc region for a week of our trip and decided to stop overnight twice to break…
Winter is in many ways my favourite time to travel in Europe. Having lived in Russia, winter days with blue skies and sunshine were my favourite, even when the temperature was bitingly cold. Travel in winter means cheaper air fares, more competitive hotel rates and less people to jostle with at tourist attractions. I know…
Perhaps I’m just an optimist when it comes to visiting new places, but I always believe we’ll find something fun or interesting to see and do wherever we go. Even when the trip is booked less than 36 hours before the flight departs and you’re taking 2 year old twins to Stavanger, Norway. In the…