Day trip to Sintra, Portugal’s fairytale city
Sintra. I’ve been visiting Lisbon for several years but somehow I never made it to Sintra for some reason. Some places exist in our…
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Free Download: ‘Latvia Itineraries’, my new travel guide to Latvia
As some of you maybe aware, I had the luxury of spending a whole month in Latvia in Autumn last year. Most of the…
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24 Hours in Sigulda, the ‘Switzerland of Latvia’
If you’re planning a trip to Latvia and looking for a perfect day trip from Riga, do make some time in your itinerary to…
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One city, many flavours: 11 of Hamburg’s best food hotspots
Do you like to explore cities through your stomach? Great. You’re reading the right blog! You should definitely consider Hamburg as the venue for your…
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48 Hours in Liepaja, Latvia’s ‘Windy City’
‘We have 5 days in the year without wind. Today is one of them. This was the city where wind was born.’ Sintija Pusaudze…
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Day trip from Riga- Jelgava, where the wild horses roam
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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