Star Rating: *** Pages: 200 First published by Lakeshore Press in 2013 Motivation to travel and subsequently write about those experiences comes in many forms. Many are drawn to travel because they have a sense of wanderlust or a desire to break away from the rat-race norm; striving to achieve…
Silence, in a city is unheard of. Normally your eardrums are fighting with a cacophony of discordant sounds all vying for your attention. Here however, there are no raucous crowds or screeching brakes as cars run to an emergency stop – here I can hear the wind whistling through the…
When searching for places to visit in Venice, St Mark’s Square, the Doge’s palace and the Rialto Bridge are always firm favourites but what about Venice’s hidden gems after all the city is a maze of tiny streets linked by bridges and waterways, there must be a thing of two…
“Remember, remember, the 5th of November The Gunpowder Treason and plot; I see of no reason why Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot.” Tonight, fireworks will explode over the heads of millions of Britons in remembrance of a time when plotting and skulduggery were prominent. We will all wrap up…
If you can get past the sulphuric, eggy smell stinging your nostrils, a trip to ‘Old Smokey’ to watch the bellowing smoke pyres and the heat-infused bubbling geysers is a must. Yes, it may be a top tourist attraction on the Golden Circle route but if you want to avoid…
With an abundance of natural sites to see, choosing where to go and what to do with our limited time was difficult. Should we follow the tourist route or should we head out on our own? With numerous options available we decided to head towards Þingvellir National Park. It may…
Unable to feel my now frozen fingers thanks to the minus temperature, I take a break from playing hide and seek with the seals at Jökulsárlón and head inside the welcoming café to defrost. Sitting at the large, unencumbered window, the turquoise-tinted iceberg flashes back at me as the low-rising,…
The illuminating, ever-moving, sea-green heavens are a big attraction for so many coming to Iceland. To glimpse, for themselves, the magical Aurora Borealis dancing across the skyline is something many people have added to their bucket lists. So when we decided to head out for a weekend escape, unsurprisingly, we,…
Sitting on the train, listening to the dull rhythm of the wheels beating on the tracks no-one felt like talking. We were heading out to Oranienburg, a town 22 miles north of Berlin, which today looks like a picturesque country retreat city-dwellers should want to relocate to, however, delve into…
After experiencing the famed Berlin nightlife was it a mistake to book an early morning tour at the Reichstag building? Dragging ourselves out of bed at 8am on a rather bright Sunday morning should have been a pleasant experience. However, for anyone who has yet to experience a Saturday night…