The wine wonderland of Germany you’ve never heard of
It is a miserable, cold dreich Autumn day in Berlin. I’m looking back at pictures from a summer of travel like no other. I’m…
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Coronavirus diaries: Hamburg, once again
August 2020. We’ve come almost full circle since last summer. The year has been the most extraordinary and craziest year in life. In…
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Travelling in the age of coronavirus- A weekend in Leipzig
The journey begins again. This was our first trip anywhere since the 10th March when we went to Amsterdam for my birthday/work trip. After…
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I lost my heart & passport in Nice
Since we are all staying at home, I thought I’d dust off some old photo albums and tell you a few stories from my…
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Lessons in architecture learnt in Vorarlberg
“We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.” Winston Churchill Until recently, I rarely appreciated how much of an impact, architecture had…
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Görlitz-The most beautiful city in Germany you’ve never heard of
‘Görlitz is a fantastic little town. You don’t know what to expect.’ Tony Revolori-‘Zero’ from ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Few cities in Germany…
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10 years of the BudgetTraveller: Rethinking the meaning of influence and wanderlust in a digital age
The BudgetTraveller celebrated 10 years in April. Crazy how time flies. I wasn’t in a very good place when I started this blog 10 years…
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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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