24 hours in Daugavpils, Latvia’s second largest city
It’s Friday evening in the second city of Latvia, Daugavpils. Our legs are numb and throats parched. We’ve been on a train for…
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The day we went MAD foraging for mushrooms in Latvia
‘What are you doing today?’ Nothing. Let’s go mushroom picking.’ Our guide for the day, Latvian blogger Zane Enina of Mugursoma.lv fame tells me…
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Video: The day we went foraging for mushrooms in Latvia
I left Berlin in August at the height of this summer’s epic heat wave. I’ve returned to Berlin in late October and the city…
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Cheap rail tickets in the UK? 11 train travel hacks
How can you get cheap rail tickets in the UK? This is a question that I get asked a lot by readers who are…
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48 Hours in Aarhus, Denmark’s coolest city
‘You don’t know boring till you’ve visited Denmark. Copenhagen is pretty but there’s not much else to see.’ A friend from university told me…
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Thoughts on publishing my first book, chasing dreams & discovering I have a weird ‘disease’
I published my first book just a little over a month ago. It’s called ‘The Grand Hostels: Luxury Hostels of the World’ ,…
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How to spend 2 days in Munich
How to spend 2 days in Munich? So much to see and yet so little time to see it all. Even though I love…
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Föhr: Germany’s hidden gem in the North Sea
The initial plan was not to visit Föhr. We were keen on visiting the Greek islands. It would be perfect in July. Warmth. Great…
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A self guided free walking tour of Berlin Mitte
There are lot of fantastic neighbourhoods to choose from when you visit Berlin but few rival Mitte. For me ‘Mitte’, the ‘middle’ and heart…
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18 cool things to do in Occitanie: the real South of France
I’ll openly admit that I had little clue about Occitanie until visiting the region earlier this year in Spring. Lying in the south west…
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