Stories from the road is all about the stories of my life on the road.
I set up BudgetTraveller to be a resource for inspiring your current and future travels.
Besides the luxury hostel reviews and cheap eats guides, I guess my own personal travel stories are a major part , the soul of this blog.
So here, for the first time, I’ve summarised below from the last 2 years my stories from the road.
Enjoy.
1. Life as a travel blogger
More than just the journey-Why I travel
Why I left Edinburgh to become a digital nomad
Mixed emotions of a digital nomad going home
Tales of the unexpected & un-travelling: My 12 days of Interrailing
Travelling in my armchair: How I kick away the winter blues
2. Love
The challenge of finding love as a male travel blogger
Red is the color: Falling in love with La Rochelle
Venice revisited: A love lost and renewed
Lisbon: Is this the world’s most romantic city
3. Paris
Is nostalgia a seductive liar? Remembering Paris for the first time
2 days in Paris. With £100
2. Getting lost in the streets of La Rochelle
Exploring the streets of La Rochelle : The perfect city to get lost in
3. Cognac: 12 years later
12 years ago and then now-the bittersweet taste of Cognac
4. Ile De Re : Welcome to the island of ‘No Tomorrow’
Part 1
Part 2
5. After hours in Gdansk
After Hours in Gdansk: Some Brovarnia and a little Absinthe
6. Bremen & Lubeck
A Nobel discovery: Meeting Mann, Grass & Brandt in Lubeck
Remembering…. a stag do in Bremen
7. Finding heaven in Tampere
Tampere: Stairway to Heaven
8. Rome
How to get rich in Rome at just 11am
9. 12 hours in Ljubljana
Part 1: 9am-3pm
Part 2: 3pm to 9pm
10, BlogVille , Emilia Romagna
Bums, breasts and beauty: First impressions of bold, ‘Red’ Bologna
The land of ‘Black Gold’ : Visit to the Acetaia di Giorgio, Modena
11. 48 Hours in Brighton
The story behind Cassette Lord
Mae West’s lips & other highlights
12. Robbed in Barcelona
Robbed in Barcelona? What I did + tips to beat the pickpockets
13. A meeting with Kurt Wallander
The fiction & reality of Kurt Wallander’s Ystad
14. The Kolkata Diaries
Life and death in Kolkata
The Kolkata Diaries
















