5 REASONS YOU SHOULD ADD CHATTANOOGA TO YOUR USA BUCKET LIST
Most people have heard of it because of the Choo Choo, but did you know it’s been voted consistently as one of the best places in the US to live? I can see why – it has a lovely downtown area with lots of places to eat and explore, and yet it’s close to mountains, […]
NYON, A PERFECT SWISS DAY TRIP
I love a good day trip, and in Switzerand they are super easy given the country is relatively small and has an amazing train network. Whilst staying in Geneva as a base, we decided to spend the day visiting Nyon, a small and picturesque town on the north eastern side of the lake. 1. Château de Prangins […]
MORTON HALL GARDENS, AN ANNUAL TULIP FESTIVAL
Morton Hall Gardens are an incredible seven acres of gardens lying in a stunning location overlooking the Vale of Evesham, Malvern Hills and Clee Hills. The Gardens are part of a private, lived in home and so only open to visitors at certain times of the year. You can book private tours between April and […]
LAKE BLED: AN ULTIMATE GUIDE
Lake Bled is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever visited. Lying in the Julian Alps region of northern Slovenia, it’s framed with picturesque mountain peaks covered in snow, not far from the Austrian border. The lake is like a fairytale, with an island housing a church sitting in the middle of it, […]
2 DAYS IN PRAGUE
Did you know that Prague was once the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and was an important city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city has played a major part in the Protestant Reformation and the Thirty Years’ War, it’s been bombed, occupied by the Nazis, become the capital of a newly formed, communist Czechoslovakia […]
A DAY IN MANUEL ANTONIO NATIONAL PARK
The next stop on the Costa Rican adventure is Manuel Antonio National Park, situated right on the coast around 2.5hrs south of the capital, San Jose. We visited Manuel Antonio on our way to the final part of our stay in Costa Rica (on the Osa Peninsula, having already visiting Arenal, La Fortuna and Tortuguero) and so only spent one […]
5 THINGS TO DO IN BADEN BADEN, GERMANY
Baden Baden (literally translates as to bathe, to bathe) is an historic Roman spa town, lying just north of the Black Forest, west of Stuttgart and close to the border of France. I hadn’t been to this area since I was a child, so for my birthday weekend in the depths of a ridiculously cold February […]
THE OSA PENINSULA, COSTA RICA
The Osa Peninsula is located in South West Costa Rica, with the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Golfo Dulce to the east. It is an area of absolutely stunning natural beauty. As it’s quite far from the airport, and a bit ‘off the beaten path’, people often leave it off their Costa Rica […]
PENGUINS IN THE CAPE PENINSULA
Cape Point really does feel like the end of the earth. Tall, rugged rocks and cliffs plunge down in to the crashing sea, deep in to the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Point is the most southern section of the Cape Peninsula but is not to be confused with the most southerly part of Africa (that is […]
A VISIT TO VICTORIA FALLS
Victoria Falls is a waterfall in Africa, located on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. It is classified as the largest waterfall in the world (though it is neither the tallest nor the widest, combined it has the largest area of falling water in the world). The waterfall lies on the Zambezi river and there […]