Day 3 After breakfast from the bakery of a meat-filled burek (delicious, but heavy for breakfast) we picked up the car from the Hertz rental in downtown (walking distance from the Old Town) and set off for Split. After a few wrong turns we were on the coast road and heading away from Dubrovnik. I … Continue reading Croatian road trip – a stopover in Split
Month: May 2017
Croatian road trip – two days in Dubrovnik
Day 2 We were up at 7am to find some breakfast before our 9:30 kayak tour along the town walls and out past Lokrum. We stopped at a small restaurant in a side street off of Stradun, I'm not sure I ever saw the name. We had eggs, ham, bread and bacon. My eggs were … Continue reading Croatian road trip – two days in Dubrovnik
Croatian road trip – two days in Dubrovnik
This is my write up and tips from my 7 day, 6 night Croatian road trip. I posted earlier this month about my plans for this trip and now I'm back to tell the tale! We arrived in Dubrovnik where we spent two nights, then on to Split, Zadar, Plitvice Lakes and finally finishing up … Continue reading Croatian road trip – two days in Dubrovnik
Pack like a pro – things I take everywhere
Although I’m not what you'd call a ‘hardened traveller’, I do typically get away 6+ times a year and I also used to do a fair amount of business travel, so I got pretty adept at packing quickly and neatly and not forgetting anything. I'm dedicating a series of posts to everything I've learned from … Continue reading Pack like a pro – things I take everywhere
Trip planning – Croatia and Romania
So I'm super excited to be planning two upcoming trips, the first starting in less than a week (yay!) to Croatia and a second the week after to Romania. I've already explained how I planned my trips on my travel planning page, but I thought it would be useful to show a work in progress itinerary … Continue reading Trip planning – Croatia and Romania
A weekend in Prague
Prague is a beautiful city and packed with things to do. I visited last July and had so much fun exploring (and eating!) my way around the city. Below is my Prague ‘top 5’- must sees and eats for a weekend exploring Prague. I've added my itinerary to my travel itineraries page for more information, where … Continue reading A weekend in Prague
Spitalfields and Shoreditch foodie walking tour
If you've got a big appetite and a day to spare, you can do worse than heading to East London to eat your way around Spitalfields and Shoreditch. An area that Londoner's know and love, which is gradually becoming frequented by tourists to London too, it should be a firm fixture on anyone's London travel … Continue reading Spitalfields and Shoreditch foodie walking tour
7 days in Iceland – snorkelling at Þingvellir National Park
Day 7: the world’s oldest parliament After a big breakfast in our hotel, we headed to Gullfoss waterfall, which it turned out was literally at the end of the road leading to the hotel. Gulfoss There was hardly anyone there, so we took advantage of this to take some good pictures and explore a little … Continue reading 7 days in Iceland – snorkelling at Þingvellir National Park
7 days in Iceland – Skaftafell to Gullfoss
Day 6: Glaciers and waterfalls This was the day we were set to tour the ice caves, but were rescheduled due to the warmer weather starting to melt the ice. Instead the same company, Glacier Guides, booked us on to their morning glacier walking tour, ‘Glacier Wonders’. Glacier walking on Falljökull We arrived at their base early … Continue reading 7 days in Iceland – Skaftafell to Gullfoss
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