Day Trips – Diary of a Tourist

Vienna – Melk Abbey Day Trip

When and where: Wachu Valley, April 2026 During my visit to Vienna, I decided to go on a day trip to visit the Wachau Valley

Where and when: Doha, Qatar, January 2026 I have taken many flights with middle eastern carriers like Qatar Airways, Emirates and Etihad, but I have

Where and When: Siri Pada, Sri Lanka, 26/27 January 2026 A bit of background… Siri Pada (literal meaning “Sacred Foot”), known in English as Adam’s

Where and when: The Cape Peninsula, 14 September 2025 0800: Pick up from hotel by guide. I only had two full days in Cape Town

When and where: Riga/Vilnius, May 2025 0900: We say goodbye to Riga and head on our way to Vilnius, which is a jouney of about

Where and When: Sintra, Portugal, 04 April 2022 We visited Sintra, a colourful Portuguese town about 25km from the centre of Lisbon during our Lisbon

There’s the middle of nowhere, there’s the back of beyond, and then there is St Kilda. St Kilda is an archipelago located 50 miles off

When I visited Krakow briefly early this year, I wanted to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Wieliczka Salt Mine, but I only had one day to

It was our third day in China and the one I had been looking forward to the most. We had arranged a day tour with

It was our second day in China, and it was going to be a busy one. We had arranged a day tour with The China

My story begins when I landed in Beijing Capital airport at 5 am on a Saturday in early November. The British Airways flight from Heathrow

Where did I go: Paldiski and surroundings, Estonia When did I go: December 2016 During our 4 day stay in Tallinn we wanted to explore

Where did I go: Drive from Dublin to Doolin, Ireland When did I go: April 2017 After our day in Dublin, we travelled to the

Where did I go: Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland When did I go: January 2017 No trip to Northern Ireland is complete without a visit to

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