Day 1 - arrival in Cluj-Napoca The outskirts of Cluj are more sprawling than I had imagined and between the traffic and numerous junctions it felt a long drive from the airport, even though it's only around 15- 20 minutes. The urban sprawl is quite built up, with a few pockets of tower blocks. One … Continue reading Romanian road trip. Seven days in Romania – Cluj-Napoca to Moldovita
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Croatian road trip – Krka National Park and Zadar
On the way to Zadar we made a detour to Krka National Park. We were told to take the coast road rather than the freeway as it was more attractive...having started out following the his advice we soon discovered this was a massive detour adding over an hour to our journey and we had to … Continue reading Croatian road trip – Krka National Park and Zadar
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
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
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
7 days in Iceland – the Blue Lagoon
Day 3: hot springs and the road to Skógafoss This turned out to be an action packed day and our longest on the road. We arrived at the harbour for our whale watching tour to find it was cancelled due to the unsettled weather following the storm that had delayed out plane. They were supposed … Continue reading 7 days in Iceland – the Blue Lagoon
A week in Iceland – what to see in 7 days
Iceland road trip Iceland. A place that needs no introduction, it has become a travel favourite in recent years and it seems like you can’t open Instagram without a stunning Iceland shot somewhere in your feed. Despite this, when you first start researching it you think there can’t be that much to see, that a … Continue reading A week in Iceland – what to see in 7 days
New travel plans added
I've just added two new trips to my itineraries page. First off is my three day trip to Istanbul, which I did way back in 2014. Second is my 2015 summer tour of Copenhagen, Tallinn and Stockholm. Below are some pictures from these trips. I'll be adding posts on what I got up to on … Continue reading New travel plans added
Copy my travel plans!
I'm starting to upload travel itineraries based on my own trips...but better. You can find these on my Travel Itineraries page, here. So far I've uploaded my two day itinerary for Barcelona and will be adding to this over the next few weeks. I'd love to hear what you think of them so get in … Continue reading Copy my travel plans!
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