‘The Grand Hostels’ XMAS GIVEAWAY!
Hope you are all having a wonderful Xmas so far. I don’t usually do giveaways on the blog but I thought to the end…
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Beer, nature and a bit of baroque : 24 Hours in Valmiera
Continuing my series of stories from Latvia….after raving about the peaceful and offbeat charms of Jelgava last week , I have another charming-not-so-well-known-town of…
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Where the Wild Horses roam in Latvia
The older I grow, the more I find pleasure in seeking out the unknown, the insignificant and the less celebrated. Maybe its part of…
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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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2 days in Munich
2 days in Munich? So much to see and yet so little time to see it all. Even though I love living in Berlin,…
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