Ordering a Post Office Travel Money Card When we travel abroad, we usually split currency between the two of us in case of any mishaps …
Travel: Visiting Palma with a Post Office Travel Money Card – Day 1
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Berlin Wall now gone for as long as it stood
Dividing the city of Berlin for 28 years The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years, slicing through the city dividing East from West. Monday 5th …
New Year Escape 2018 – Day Five
Our last day in Bratislava 😭 After the village pub tour on day four, Mr Foodie had booked another tour with Authentic Slovakia, this time …
New Year Escape 2018 – Day Four
Bratislava – Day Four After our previous day’s adventures, we started day four by heading to Kamzik TV tower, about a 90-minute walk from the old …
New Year Escape 2018 – Day Three
Bratislava trip – day three So after sleeping in late on day two, we planned to wake up early and see stuff but it was lazy …
New Year Escape 2018 – Day Two
Bratislava trip – day 2 The morning after the night before, or should I say the afternoon after the night before as we didn’t waken …
New Year Escape 2018 – Day One
New Year can be a bit of a sad and boring time to spend at home watching Jools Hootenanny whilst slowly getting drunk, well …
Winter travel packing tips: how to pack light for cold weather
Packing light for a cold weather trip We’re off somewhere cold for New Year. That’s all I have been told so I have an idea …
A festive day at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Organ therapy in the heart of the west end! A trip to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum is, of course, worth it for all the …
Carribean life – learning to ‘lime’ in Tobago
Liming, Tobago’s favourite pastime! Do you lime? I had no idea what ‘liming’ was until I arrived on the Caribbean island of Tobago but soon …
Diary: Day 1 Visiting tropical Tobago
It’s not every day that Visit Tobago ask you to come and discover their island (the smaller of the two islands which make up the Republic of …
Travel: Day trip from Dubrovnik to Lokrum Island
Escape the crowds in Dubrovnik with a trip to Lokrum Lokrum island is just off the coast of Croatia, considered a nature reserve and special …
Travel: 5 ways to prep for a camping trip
5 Essential tips for preparing for a camping trip It’s camping season so we have pulled out our camping gear from the back of the …
Travel: Girona for Game of Thrones fans
Geek out on Game of Thrones sight seeing in Girona Girona is a beautiful city and an ideal destination for a short break in Europe. …
Travel: Discover Ayrshire’s hidden gems
Undiscovered Gems of East Ayrshire A new VisitScotland eBook is shedding light on East Ayrshire’s hidden delights to show you that there’s more to Ayrshire …
Travel News: Belfast to US flights launched
Airline launches only direct transatlantic flights to US East Coast Norwegian have launched direct transatlantic flights from Belfast International Airport. There are two new routes …
#UnlockScotland with ScotRail City Days Out Pass – day 2
Day 2 of #MyScotrail #UnlockScotland ticket trip The new ScotRail Glasgow Days Out travel pass (there’s also an Edinburgh days out ticket should you live …
Travel: Stasi Prison, Berlin
One upon a “crime” in East Berlin Visiting the Stasi prison museum is a stark reminder of the horrors humans inflict upon each other. The …
#UnlockScotland with ScotRail City Days Out Pass – day 1
More Glasgow or Edinburgh days out for less £ ScotRail asked us to try out their Glasgow City Days Out travel pass (there’s also an Edinburgh …
Travel: Kids Go Free Ticket from ScotRail
ScotRail Kids Go Free and One Child Free Entry to Attractions It’s nearly time for the school holidays and time to keep the kids amused. …
Travel: Visiting the city walls of Dubrovnik
Wandering around Dubrovnik city walls My first, and so far, only visit to Dubrovnik was with my very good friends Mr and Mrs Foodie. We …
Travel: Hillock of Fraternity, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
A Soviet relic in Bulgaria’s cultural capital Whatever your political leanings I’m sure you’ll agree that Soviet-era statues and memorials are quite impressive. From the …
Learning all about Alpine cheese-making with Rupp
The hills are alive with the sound of cowbells I had the pleasure of being invited to Austria, by smoked cheese experts Rupp, to find …
Berlin Blog Day 4
Our last full day of this quick trip to Berlin. Usually, it’s food first before we get hangry, however on our doorstep was an unusual fountain …