We had a trip booked to Denmark and Germany in 2020 but because of COVID had to cancel it and the trip we had planned never happened. Copenhagen was overall high on our list because we had never been to Scandinavia before and it is known for good food and drink, but the main reason …
The Cinque Terre is made up of 5 small towns along the West coast of Italy. We stayed in Manarola, which is the second most south of the 5 towns. We chose to go to the Cinque Terre based on many recommendations from people at home, and people along the way on our trip who …
After a quick night in the tourist-packed city of Venice we headed two hours southwest to Florence. For three days we used Florence as a home base for tours to a couple of towns around the region of Tuscany and also spent some time searching out some good Italian leather and eats within the city. …
We zipped into Venice on a late train and left at the end of the next day. We were only there for just over 24 hours, but we thought it was enough time to get the experience and then head onto Florence. Venice is thought of as one island, but it is actually around 120 …
After four and a half weeks in mostly cool temperatures we decided to head to the South of France for some sun and beach. We chose Nice (pronounced niece) as it looked to have all we were looking for and was conveniently located on the path to Italy. Although it seemed relatively small in comparison …
We had originally planned to spend 3 nights in Paris but after the first couple of nights we decided we weren’t going to have enough time, so we extended our stay. We stayed 6 nights total, in 3 different places all booked using airbnb (service allowing you to rent rooms in houses/apartments) which was a …
After leaving Bordeaux we headed North to meet up with my friend Alex and his girlfriend Marion who live in Brest, a small town on the very west coast of France. The region of Brittany (where Brest is) is really not a typical tourist destination, however Alex insisted it was not something to miss and …
Bordeaux was our first stop in France. Actually our first stop in France was in Hendaye, which is a small French town on the border between France and Spain. We arrived here on a transfer between San Sebastián and Bordeaux and only realized that we were in France when we noticed signs in the station …
Our first detour from the plan was to a small town on the North Coast of Spain called San Sebastián. We decided to forgo visiting Valencia after I figured out that the famed Valencia orange is not actually fom Valencia but rather a romantically named product of California. Well, that and the fact that it …
We arrived in Barcelona by high speed train from Seville. We travelled across Spain in 5 hours, going 250km/h. Barcelona is the major city in the Catalonia region, where the official language is Catalonian and they fly their own flag before the Spanish flag.. Many people here still understand and speak Spanish, but Catalonian is …