The Eurotrip adventure recaps continue! After a few days in the Loire Valley with dreary weather and cold chateaus, we were ready for some sea…
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Gallivanting around the UK and Europe – Scotland, England, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain and Portugal. Still so much more to see!
Loire Valley wine & foodie notes
Back to the Eurotrip posts, which I’m still just over halfway through! Besides chateaus, the Loire Valley is known for its wines, particularly white wines…
Adventures in Versailles
We rose early in our Parisian apartment and made the trip out to Versailles, the famous royal chateau until the beginning of the French Revolution.…
Adventures in Paris, Part Two
Continuing in Paris (see Part 1 here). We always try to make a point of walking as much as possible when travelling (weather permitting) –…
Adventures in Paris, Part 1
From Freiburg we made the journey to the City of Lights – Paris! I had been warned beforehand to not have unrealistic expectations about Paris.…
Adventures in the Black Forest
Using Freiburg as our base, we explored Germany’s Black Forest region by train. We sped by beautiful forests and gingerbread houses too fast for me…
Adventures in Freiburg
The original plan was to spend a week or so around Christmas driving around the Black Forest region of Germany, but the snow we encountered…
Adventures in Bavaria
Whilst in Munich we discovered the Bayern Ticket, which allows all-day unlimited rides on regional trains around Bavaria. What better excuse to explore the region?…
Adventures in Munich
If when you think of Germany you think of beer, Oktoberfest, pork knuckles and lederhosen, what you are picturing is Bavaria. Bavaria’s capital, Munich is…
Adventures in Dresden
Dresden will always have a special place in my heart. It was our first proper German Christmas market (and one of the oldest!), and probably…
Adventures in Berlin
We began our trip around Germany with Berlin, which has somehow wound up being one of our favourite cities despite it snowing heavily most of…
Adventures in Cambridge
Whoops, forgot to post this one so it’s slightly out of chronological order! The Boy and I took a day trip from London over to…