During my Scandi-tour in 2010, we stayed in Sweden’s second city of Gothenburg. As a day trip we decided to go on the popular seaside city to Marstrand on the coast. Marstrand is just under an hour away from Gothenburg…
Venice: A beautiful city with big problems
I went to Venice in January 2008 and I can tell you it is incredibly beautiful in wintertime. There were less tourists then and I remember sitting in a cafe and drinking hot chocolate whilst feeling very happy. Unfortunately, Venice…
The story of the sights of Helsinki
I visited Helsinki back in 2010 as I wanted to tour around Scandinavia as well as visiting my friend Jonna who lives in Espoo. Maybe she has the right idea as in 2017 the city was ranked as the ninth…
What is so controversial about the Republic of Macedonia?
People get uppity if you refer to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as Macedonia. The region of Macedonia used to include a big swathe of southeastern Europe including FYRM, Albania, Serbia, Kosovo and of course a large area of…
The time I slept in a kid’s playhouse in Estonia
I visited Tartu to break up my journey between Tallinn and Riga and I’m very glad I did. There were no hostels here in 2007 so I booked a room in what a thought was a cheap hotel, but it…
Does Dubrovnik have too many tourists?
Yes, I’m a hypocrite because I was a tourist to Dubrovnik but that was in 2007 and things have certainly changed. I think travel is so important but sometimes we do put too much pressure on our loveliest places when…