After our rock 'n' roll weekend in Riga, we headed to the Curonian Spit in Lithuania for a few days of R&R and yet another mini detox for...

Out of all the cities we were visiting Riga was arguably the most anticipated due to the fact we had 5 close friends arriving to celebrat...

After Warsaw we headed to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, for 5 days of detoxing - no wheat, no diary, nothing processed. Basically fr...

If I had to use four words to describe Warsaw they would be "great parks, great food". Despite being the capital city of Poland, Warsaw i...

After our emotional few days in Krakow, we headed to Zakopane for a few days of hiking and getting amongst nature. Zakopane is a small al...

We are in Lake Como with George. We are expecting an invite to his big bash any moment...not the actual wedding, thank goodness otherwise...

We both found visiting Krakow to be a very humbling experience, based on it's quite depressing history. I say this with the greatest resp...

Last week we visited a place where beer is cheaper than water...or a cup of tea...or a coffee. In fact, it was the cheapest drink on the ...

After a great few days in Budapest, we made a quick stop over in Bratislava en-route to Prague. Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and...

We spent 2.5 days in Budapest and by golly it was good! Neither of us had been there before and only heard stories of mad stag dos and of...

As we sit at the airport, waiting for our flight to Hungary, we look back at our journey across Western Europe and say goodbye to the fir...

After our magical week in Switzerland, we headed just over the border into the French Alps. First stop, Chamonix. Chamonix is, as I am su...

It is our last night in our cozy chalet in Switzerland and have just sipped our last glass of wine following a day of trekking around som...

Crisp, fresh air. Blue skies. Green, green grass. Mountains everywhere you look. Welcome to the Swiss Alps. We arrived here on Monday and...

Ok chaps, if you have not yet whisked away your loved one to this fine city to wine and dine her, why not? I mean it only took me 30 (+) ...

After our flying visit to Rome, we headed to Cinque Terre for a few days. We opted to stay in La Spezia, which is a 6 min train journey aw...

We are back being travellers and the first city calling for us was Rome, home to the world renowned arena made famous by Russell Crowe. W...

Today we leave Tuscany. To be honest, it has easily surpassed all other places we have been to, certainly in terms of the experience, foo...

Today marks the 3/4 point in our stay - we can't believe how quickly a week and a half has flown by. We are now well engrained into the T...

Life in Tuscany has been very good to us so far and the past 5 days have flown by already. For those of you who don't know, Tom and I are...