In the past three years I have become addicted to travelling – cramming my backpack to the brim with clothes and a battered Lonely Planet book, disappearing for a few months at a time and exploring some amazing places. All pretty standard stuff really. But this summer, when I applied to teach English in…
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…
March 19th, 2013. It was bitterly cold.I was walking around in mostly sub-zero temperatures for most of the day.In this kind of weather, my wanderlust was more restricted to discovering more of the indoor sights and delights of Hamburg.Luckily, there is plenty to do in Hamburg.Soak in some culture at a world class art museum,…
I had been warned in advance. By the Germans themselves. A few days prior to my visit, I announced my impending visit to the capital of Niedersachsen, Hannover on my Facebook page. Within minutes, it was a bloodbath. I was inundated with a barrage of negative comments about the city. “Hannover is a very dull…
I came to Porto 8 years ago. It feels now like a different lifetime ago. I was visiting after a friends wedding in Vigo across the border in Spain. I had got a cheap Ryanair flight back to London from Porto. I was staying the one night. Naturally, after a…
As excited I am about 2012, I am already missing 2011.Maybe it’s the onset of winter in Edinburgh that is bringing about this wave of nostalgia. I can’t argue. 2011 was an amazing year in travel for me, visiting places that I had read only in history books since I was a kid. Lisbon was…
[tweetmeme] [fbshare type=”button” float=”left”] [fblike style=”standard” float=”left” showfaces=”false” width=”150″ verb=”like” font=”arial”] [google_plusone size=”standard” float=”left”] Every month, I’ll be inviting a few intrepid ‘Budget Travellers’ to share their experiences on the blog and this week I’m very excited to introduce you to Sarah Kloke, travel blogger at the very cool wheremytoothbrush.com…
