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10 things I discovered in Washington

It took me two trips to fully appreciate Washington DC. For a box ticker like me, Washington is full of boxes to tick, and the

Vaduz has been on my list of places to visit ever since I listened to the BBC Radio 4 sitcom, Cabin Pressure episode of the

Christmas seems such a long time ago and this post about our Christmas holiday is long overdue. For the last few years, we have gone

I recently visited Athens for the first time and there were a number of things that took me by surprise. Here are a few. 1.

Can you see Athens in two days? Is a Winter city break in Athens a good idea? The answer to both of these questions is

0835: Arrived at St Petersburg station, after the Grand Express sleeper train from Moscow. Olga, our guide from 2 days ago, came to pick us

0730: We were awoken by the gentle rocking of the Grand Express as is rushed past the suburbs of Moscow. The train guard brought us

This post is about Day 2 of our whirlwind tour of Russia. Read about Day 1, where we boarded the ferry from Helsinki to St

In my previous post, I told you about our whirlwind 72 hour trip to Russia. In this series of posts, I’ll be taking you through

“Are you sure it’s legal?” Is a question I got from a lot of people when I said I was going to Russia without a

This is Part 2 of 2 in my blog about our Grand Tour of Europe. In Part 1, I covered the first six days of

Recently I undertook a grand tour of Europe with my parents. 12 days, 6 countries, 8 cities. Here’s a quick run down of our trip.

For many visitors to Tallinn, the fairy tale old town is the main attraction. But if you have more than a couple of days in

We visited Tallinn in December 2016, so this post has been 18 months in the making. We spent 4 days in Tallinn and got the

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