A full time engineer, a part time blogger and a lifelong tourist
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
Our recent road trip to Scotland took us to some of the most beautiful parts of the British Isles: Lochness, the Isle of Skye and
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
Welcome to my page on the Best Places to Eat and Drink in Birmingham. Over the last decade or so, Birmingham has developed a name
