Europe

Four months travelling across Europe = lots of mini adventures!

Curious case of the Curonian Spit

After our rock 'n' roll weekend in Riga, we headed to the Curonian Spit in Lithuania for a few days of R&R and yet another mini detox for...

Rock n roll in Riga

Out of all the cities we were visiting Riga was arguably the most anticipated due to the fact we had 5 close friends arriving to celebrat...

Vilnius

After Warsaw we headed to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, for 5 days of detoxing - no wheat, no diary, nothing processed. Basically fr...

Warsaw

If I had to use four words to describe Warsaw they would be "great parks, great food". Despite being the capital city of Poland, Warsaw i...

Hiking in the Tatra Mountains

After our emotional few days in Krakow, we headed to Zakopane for a few days of hiking and getting amongst nature. Zakopane is a small al...

Lake Como with George Clooney

We are in Lake Como with George. We are expecting an invite to his big bash any moment...not the actual wedding, thank goodness otherwise...

Krakow and Auschwitz

We both found visiting Krakow to be a very humbling experience, based on it's quite depressing history. I say this with the greatest resp...

Beer is cheaper than water

Last week we visited a place where beer is cheaper than water...or a cup of tea...or a coffee. In fact, it was the cheapest drink on the ...

In and out of Bratislava

After a great few days in Budapest, we made a quick stop over in Bratislava en-route to Prague. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and...

Brilliant Budapest

We spent 2.5 days in Budapest and by golly it was good! Neither of us had been there before and only heard stories of mad stag dos and of...

Annecy

As we sit at the airport, waiting for our flight to Hungary, we look back at our journey across Western Europe and say goodbye to the fir...

Now for the French Alps

After our magical week in Switzerland, we headed just over the border into the French Alps. First stop, Chamonix. Chamonix is, as I am su...

Fresh air in the Alps

It is our last night in our cozy chalet in Switzerland and have just sipped our last glass of wine following a day of trekking around som...

The Swiss Alps

Crisp, fresh air. Blue skies. Green, green grass. Mountains everywhere you look. Welcome to the Swiss Alps. We arrived here on Monday and...

Very impressed with Venice

Ok chaps, if you have not yet whisked away your loved one to this fine city to wine and dine her, why not? I mean it only took me 30 (+) ...