Glasgow
Travel: Bones of St. Valentine Glasgow
Where to find St. Valentine’s bones in an unlikely place What is more romantic for Valentine’s Day than to visit [Read more]
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Berlin
Brandenburg Gate | History, Transport and Photos
Visiting Brandenburg Gate in Berlin The Brandenburg Gate (In German Brandenburger Tor) was built in the 18th-century on the orders [Read more]
Travel
New Year trip to Namur, Belgium – Day 2
Day 2 in Namur Day two of our sojourn in Namur, Belgium. I think we were the only ones in [Read more]
Poland
Visiting Auschwitz (Oswiecim), Poland
Auschwitz, everything you need to know before you visit For those who want to delve into history, learn from the [Read more]
Namur
New Year trip to Namur, Belgium – Day 1
Bonne Année from Namur, Belgium Just like that, another year has passed. Happy New Year! We hope that you aren’t [Read more]
Travel
6 places to celebrate New Year in Europe
Celebrate New Year somewhere different! What are you doing to celebrate New Year? Whether you want to see in 2020 [Read more]
Canada
Visiting the CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
CN is believin’ The CN Tower in Toronto is one of the tallest towers in the world and Toronto’s most [Read more]
Poland
Travel: Poznan Croissant Museum
A surprising food history in Poland You might think of croissants as being French but did you do know about [Read more]
Campania
Travel: The Secret Cabinet of Pompeii (Gabinetto Segreto)
Secret room of erotica in Naples *Parental Guidance Advised* Naples isn’t just about pizza, with sites like Pompeii and Herculaneum [Read more]
Berlin
11 places to see the remains of the Berlin Wall
Where can you see the remains of the Berlin Wall today? From 1961 until 1989 Berlin was cut in half [Read more]
Scotland
Travel: Kirk Yetholm and Town Yetholm
Twin villages on the Scottish border with England If you’re out and about discovering the border between Scotland and England, [Read more]
Canada
Visiting St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Canada
Foodie heaven at St Lawrence Market In our previous post on Toronto, we visited the district of Kensington Market but [Read more]
Canada
Travel: Guide to Kensington Market, Toronto, Canada
It’s easy to market Toronto’s coolest area! Kensington Market is probably the best-known area in Toronto, which is home to [Read more]
London
Travel: 10 Rillington Place, London and John Christie
10 Rillington Place, London – The Chilling Story of John Christie Within the streets of Notting Hill lies the site [Read more]
Berlin
East Berlin Stasi Trail
Guide to the Stasi sights of East Berlin Discover life in East Berlin during the time of the Stasi secret [Read more]
Food
Discovering Alentejo, Portugal
Discover the wines of Alentejo It was my first flight with TAP, the national carrier airline of Portugal, and here [Read more]
Berlin
Travel: Visiting the Bundestag (Reichstag)
Everything you need to know to visit the German Parliament The German Parliament, the Bundestag or you may know it [Read more]
Berlin
Travel: The Ernst Thälmann Monument, Berlin
A remaining Soviet Monument Whilst searching for a pub (no surprise there from Mr Foodie) we stumbled across a remnant [Read more]
behind the scenes
Visiting Schmittmann Dusseldorf
A Korn is born at Schmittmann distillery A city known more to us for beer but Dusseldorf distillers Schmittmann, not [Read more]
Berlin
Berlin horizontal bed-bike tour!
The best way to see Berlin is by bed! Who doesn’t love their bed? We are big fans of sleeping [Read more]
Travel
Travel: Pripyat, Ukraine
Ghost city of Pripyat Pripyat is a city in northern Ukraine just a few miles from the border with neighbouring [Read more]
Cornwall
Travel: Penzance Literary Festival
Penzance ‘lits’ up again in 2019 Penzance Literary Festival returns to historic Penzance for its 10th year from 3rd – [Read more]
Eastern Europe
Travel: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Chernobyl Town
Behind the scenes at Chernobyl Chernobyl is an infamous name, however, the small town near Ukraine’s border with Belarus is [Read more]
Catalonia
Discovering Fuet in Vic, Catalonia
Making and eating an Osona speciality Fuet is a thin, dry cured, sausage from Catalonia. Whilst visiting the city of [Read more]