I like cities in which I can lose myself in. I turn left. Then I turn right. Get lost. It’s a game I play when visiting many cities. I’m winning this time. At every turn there is a revelation. A nice café where the locals are gathered. Not a tourist in sight. Next turn….
Whichever city I am travelling to in Europe or indeed anywhere in the world, I love to check out the local music scene. Just like discovering the local cuisine and street food of a place, music is another way for me to plug into the DNA of a city. It’s an international language we…
48 Hours in Berlin Berlin. I can’t think of any city in Europe which has a more cutting edge scene. Whether it’s fashion, discovering the best street food from all over the world, beautiful museums, intimate bars and a no-holds-barred, raucous nightlife -this city has it all. It’s very laidback, down to earth, poor…
48 Hours in Cologne 11 am Check in Pathpoint Cologne, Backpackers Hostel The Pathpoint Cologne Backpackers Hostel is a perfect base to explore the city, just a few minutes walk from the train station The rooms are clean, comfortable and secure. Staff are welcoming and were ready to help me in terms…
5 years ago in 2013, I had the pleasure of spending 48 hours in Leipzig, the city of music and of heroes which included a short detour to the fortress /former POW camp in Colditz as part of my German Wanderlust tour. Fast forward to 2018, I returned for another visit to see how the city had…
Can you recommend your favourite budget places to stay in London…a good budget hotel in London or hostel? This is probably my most popular request from readers and friends so I thought it would be beneficial to summarise on my blog, my favourite budget places to stay in London. So in no particular order,…
Finally. The moment is almost here. The ritual of Interrailing across Europe is one that I have heard, read about since I was in my diapers practically… It’s the one thing that most travellers at one point of their 20’s will have experienced. Almost a rites of passage for any…
I think of all the cities I visited last year, Lisbon was the one city that really seduced me. Moment I took flight from the dreamy shores of the Tejo river, I was conjuring up a plan to revisit her again. What is there not to love about…
Latest guest blogger for BudgetTraveller is Emma Sparks, talented upcoming blogger and blogger in chief at Sparky Sees the World. You can follow her on Twitter to keep up to date with all things ‘Sparky’ Today’s post is the first of a series of posts about a Eurotrip Emma undertook with her mum a few years ago…
