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 ourselves. The Curo...

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 celebrate a long weekend wit...

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

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 is not really regarde...

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 alpine town next to th...

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 would feel oblig...

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

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 menu. Where is this ...

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 one of the 4 capita...

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 a friend who got co...

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 first leg of our round ...

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

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 some of the nearby slop...

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

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 (+) years to get here. Y...

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 away, due to the exto...

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. We were initially not...

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

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 Tuscan lifestyle, whi...

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 living with a famil...