Home – Home is somewhere special.
It’s a place you don’t really consider as your favourite, because you live there.
It’s a place you don’t always appreciate, because you spend all your time there.
It’s a place you wouldn’t consider to blog about, because it’s not travel, it’s not interesting; it’s not an adventure… … More The Importance of Home
After a full day turn of St Petersburg was complete, we had a 30 minute turnaround until we were off to the ballet.
I am usually not a huge fan of the ballet or the opera, but I can appreciate the art of both of them. So deciding to go with the ballet while in Russia was a cultural experience we couldn’t miss out on. We also found out that the performance was of Swan Lake, a Ballet by famous Russian composer Tchaikovsky – this couldn’t be more appropriate. … More The Russian Ballet – St Petersburg
I’ve been struggling to write our Wandering Memories of St Petersburg for a long while.
I think it’s because we were so excited to visit, and there were elements that we really enjoyed, but also some reservations. Actually thinking about it, I think it was because although we saw a lot of it, the experience was slightly lacking as we didn’t get to really feel the true sense of the city. … More Undecided – St Petersburg, Russia
Having previously worked in Germany, it would surprise many to learn that I haven’t actually seen much of it. Even more surprising is that my wife had never been at all, yes I know it’s a sad state of affairs especially because it’s so ridiculously close.
Therefore when the recent opportunity arose for a flying visit to Berlin we grasped it with both hands. You could argue that we would do the same with any city, and yes you would probably be right. However there was something more at play here, I’d actually studied modern European history at school and was fascinated to see the pivotal location for myself. … More One day and one day only in Berlin
Presents are hard… I mean what do you buy someone who has everything? Or wants nothing? It’s a real conundrum…
Whilst searching for a Christmas present for my gorgeous wife, I came across one of the weirdest, most unique concepts I have ever heard of… Lama Trekking! Yes you heard me right Lama Trekking. … More A Unique Gift – Lama Trekking – England
One of our biggest recent Wandering Memory surprises was a trip to the Estonian capital of Tallinn. Tallinn had never really appealed to me, the only time it entered my radar, surprisingly was when I started planning my Stag/Bachelor do. Tallinn along with Riga, Berlin and Prague have become hotspots for cheapish British stag/bachelor parties. We actually disguarded Riga and Tallinn quite quickly due to security reasons – but honestly having recently visited I have no idea why … More A Real Surprise – Tallinn, Estonia
It’s funny, I have always been so enamored with traveling long haul I actually haven’t seen a lot of our own backyard – being Europe. As it was Megan’s turn to choose a holiday she chose to relive our nautical adventure and book a Baltic Cruise. … More The Happiest Place on Earth – Copenhagen, Denmark
It dawned on us late last year that we keep travelling to distant exotic locations whereby for a long while we hadn’t really taken advantage of our own backyard. So we made a commitment that we would stay ‘local’… That is apart from the trip to Western Australia – HA! Anyhow putting that blip aside … More Fire, Ice & Northern lights – A weekend in Iceland
It’s funny what we discovered our American friend had never experienced: Wispa and Aero Chocolate Bars A country pub A Kinder Egg – Actually Illegal in USA Pimms Yorkshire Puddings Fried Bread Take away wine (in plastic glass) A Chinese and Fish & Chip Restaurant in the same location Donor Kebab’s Fried Bread Red Leicester … More Out of the Box England – An Americans Request – Finale
So as many of you may have previously read, last week we had an American friend stay with us, and she requested the out of the box English experience. Since there is SO much that this country has to offer and we had such limited time, we had to stay local. As per my previous … More Out of the Box England – An Americans Request – Part 2
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