Speccy Travelling The problem with being a spectacle wearer is that you don’t always have your prescription sunglasses with you, or should I say the …
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Food Review: Big Boy Restaurant, 3-3-20, Asahi, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
Eat with Big Boy Always looking for something a little different we picked Big Boy Restaurant from our host’s suggestions. Big Boy is an American …
Travel: The Ultimate Camping Guide with Halfords
All you need for camping It’s been ages since we’ve been camping and reading this little booklet makes me want to go again. None …
5 Weird Restaurants of Tokyo
Five unusual restaurants to visit in Tokyo Tokyo is the best place for every kind of food. Here we pick 5 places which offer some …
Travel: Enchanted Forest supporting Charity
The Enchanted Forest to release more than 65,000 tickets for a shimmering Autumn spectacle The Enchanted Forest, Perthshire’s award-winning sound and light show in the …
Travel: Snow Monkeys in Yudanaka, Japan
Visiting the snow monkeys of Japan The Onsen (hot spring) towns of Yudanka and Shibu have another draw, a park inhabited by Japanese Macaques, also known …
Japan Travel: Nikko to Kisarazu
Time passed far too quickly and it was time to leave Nikko and journey to Kisarazu. As with everything in Japan, the station is spotless. …
Japan Travel: Ishinomaki to Nikko
A cloudy day in Japan meant these two pale Scots ended up crispy with the UV. This meant that I was even grumpier than normal …
Japan Travels : Glasgow – Amsterdam – Tokyo
What a journey. This year saw myself taking the longest flight I’ve ever done with a trip to New York. Usually after an hour I …
Travel To Do: Gleis 17, Grunewald, Berlin
The dark history of Platform 17 Located in the Grunewald area of Berlin is the railway station Berlin-Grunewald with its castle gate building and forest …
2nd AA Rosette for The Taynuilt Hotel
The Taynuilt Hotel and Restaurant has gained a second AA Rosette for their delicious food. We have stayed there and loved the food and friendly …
Food Review: Cafe Sibylle, 72 Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin, Germany
Classic East Berlin brunch spot to watch the world pass by Open since 1953 this was, and still is, one of Berlin’s most popular cafes. …
Travel: New York Sight-Seeing Passes
Planning to visit New York Attractions One of the best (or worst!) bits of a holiday is the planning. Thankfully Mrs Foodie loves a bit …
Travel To Do: Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm)
A sky-high view of Berlin from the TV Tower The Berlin TV Tower is one of the city’s most famous landmarks — a 368-meter-high needle-like …
ALECSA Hotel am Olympiastadion, Glockenturmstraße 30, 14055 Berlin Review
Budget Hotel in West Berlin We stumbled across the Alecsa Hotal am Olympiastadion whilst looking for somewhere cheap to place our heads. We just needed …
Ten things NOT to do in New York
What not to do in NYC Save yourself some money and slow down to experience New York. Don’t take a taxi – use the …
Travel To Do: Stasi Museum, Berlin
The Stasi Museum in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin is worth a visit (indeed is the whole of Friedrichshain!) This building housed The Ministry for …
Travel To Do: BierPinsel, Berlin, Germany
Bierpinsel Berlin Getting off at U9 Schloßstraße station gives you a bit of advance warning of what to expect at Bierpinsel. The garish colour scheme …
Travel: New York Transport
New York City Transportation We found the transportation system in NYC to be straightforward. The main confusion was arriving at JFK and wondering where to …
Christmas gift idea: Britain from the rails
For the train or travel geek in your life Bradt travel guides have released a second edition of Benedict Le Vay’s Britain from the Rails …
Travel: Easyjet Glasgow to Milan route starts today
EasyJet start new route from Glasgow to Milan It’s now easier to fly to Italy from Glasgow Airport to the Italian city of Milan …
Travel: Jardin Majorelle, Marrakesh
The weather is awful just now so what’s better than a boost of colour and thinking of warmer places? Last December we treated ourselves to …
Apple Apartments, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London Review
Situated between Paddington and Lancaster Gate underground stations, with Hyde Park on its doorstep, Apple Apartments Hyde Park are ideally suited for both business and pleasure …
New Wizzair route from Glasgow to Bucharest
Wizzair have announced the start of a twice weekly service from Glasgow Airport to Bucharest in Romania starting May 2016.