Europe
The Costa Brava and TBEX
Where am I off to next? TBEX is the world's largest gathering of travel bloggers, writers and new media content creators who will be meeting in Spain this week, and I am VERY excited to be a part of it. The TBEX conference itself takes place in Lloret de Mar over two...
Vilnius; the capital city of Lithuania
I left Riga on my own, taking the four hour bus ride across the border and into Lithuania. I arrived at the bus station and after tramping around for half an hour I finally found my hostel. I was hot, bothered and thirsty but with every step I was thanking my lucky...
Riga, the capital city of Latvia
We drove south across the border into Latvia and immediately things changed. To be fair, the grim, sleety weather didn't help but the roads became more potholed as our 'motorway' hugged the steel grey Baltic Sea which we could see through the white trunks of the...
Alpacas in Estonia
Arriving....and leaving the alpaca farm in Estonia Waking to a dusting of snow on the ground we reluctantly decided to forfeit our planned trip to the coast to view the baby seals and we headed back for the mainland. We may not get to see the baby seals but we were...
Haapsalu, Saaremaa and the eclipse
Dramas have been haunting us on this trip so far and we were now on drama #4. Loading up the van in readiness to leave Tallinn we noticed that its side door had been forced, probably with a screwdriver. Luckily, we had taken most things of value into the hotel with us...
Haapsalu and the Jahta Hostel
Read about our lovely little hotel at Haapsalu on the Estonian coast. We had sunshine filled days in our lemon yellow wooden building on the bay Click here to read the article
The Adventure begins. Into Estonia
My next adventure is underway. The starting point is Helsinki - the end point...who knows! And from the very beginning it appeared that things were going to be a bit challenging. Drama #1 occured as soon as I arrived at the airport. I was met by my...
Where am I now?
I have a plan of sorts. Today I will be flying from Barcelona to Helsinki where I will begin a road trip south. I plan to travel through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania learning about the culture and history of these countries as I go, and I will try to get a little...
You will laugh about this later
You will laugh about this later Those words were supposed to comfort me, but I just wanted to pull the duvet tightly around me, snuggle deep into the wonderful bed and never surface again. My adventure had begun. I had booked my coach to Heathrow and I was looking...
Le Touquet
To the British, who are brought up on a culture of home-ownership and with a continuous supply of DIY and gardening programmes which are drip-fed to them via a plethora of television channels, many European towns may appear bland and characterless. With properties...