Western Europe

I love a hidden gem in a major city, and my recent find during a stay in Amsterdam was the absolutely brilliant Our Lord in the Attic. I can’t recommend it highly enough if you have time to squeeze it on to your itinerary! The History In a 17th century canal house, right at the […]

Southwark is another of my absolute fave areas of London to spend a day. My office is actually located in the area so I know it like the back of my hand, and have all the best tips, tricks and restaurant recommendations for the area. Often combined with the neighbouring South Bank area, Southwark is well worth […]

Where is Bloomsbury & King’s Cross? Bloomsbury and King’s Cross are two areas which fit perfectly together as a way to spend a day or two in London. Situated in the north part of central London, they are easily accessible with 3 major train stations situated within the area – King’s Cross, St Pancras and […]

It wouldn’t be The Netherlands without a bit of cheese now, would it? I’d read about the world famous cheese market in Alkmaar before, but when I last visited Amsterdam, I just didn’t have time to fit it in to the schedule! This time, it was top of my list to make sure it happened! […]

‘I’ve got to be in Gothenburg in a couple of weeks – fancy a weekend there?’ That’s pretty much all it takes with me, so off we went. My husband was sent to Gothenburg for a week with work, so we flew out on a Friday night, had the weekend together and then he stayed […]

To me, the Olympics are the best event on earth. I have always been crazy about the Olympics, and athletics specifically. I have followed them all of my life, with some of my earliest childhood memories coming from iconic moments of the Games. I could write paragraphs on the topic, but instead will summarise to […]

Rounding off my posts from a short trip to Nice, I knew I had to make the short 30 minute journey in to Monaco, one of the world’s smallest countries. I’ve been fascinated by this tiny place for a while now, having recently got in to Formula 1 and seeing the mythic race around the Monaco […]

When visiting Nice for a 4 day break with one of my best friends, we decided to hop on the train along the coast to visit the picture perfect Villefranche-sur-mer, a small but beautiful village along the French Riviera. It was of course, like the rest of our visit, raining. But that meant we had […]

During my stay in Nice, one of the places my friend really wanted to visit was the beautiful villa and gardens in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat just a short train journey away. I had visions of stunning gardens in the sunshine and walking around feeling like I was Coco Chanel. Alas, it was such disgusting weather, it was […]

So much for the 330 days of sunshine out of 365! We’d somehow managed to time our 4 day visit to the French Riviera to coincide with the area’s rare no sunshine days. And even worse it wasn’t just cloudy, it was raining. Again. After spending a wonderful couple of days in (rainy) Nice, it […]