In February 2009 purchased a netbook, a small laptop, so that I could work and stay connected when I’m travelling. It’s not ideal having to search for internet cafes when you’re travelling and I’ve found if I’m away for more than a couple of days without internet access that I have so much catching up [...]
I think Scotland has always been a bit of a misunderstood country. Always following in the shadow of its southern-ly neighbour England, the two nations have always had somewhat of a tense albeit friendly relationship. This has resulted in Scotland developing a very strong national identity that sometimes is not clearly understood by the outside [...]
If you’d like to try out a harbourside boutique hotel, soak up some opera and culture, explore an open air museum of historic buildings, and see a little mermaid, all at someone else’s expense then read on. Visit Denmark, Denmark’s official tourism website, is looking for guests to be part of the Guinea Pig Guest [...]
The snow continues to cover Stockholm and the temperature struggles to rise over freezing, so I thought it was time to revisit a trip I just took a few months ago to the sun – Hydra, one of the Greek islands closest to Athens. The trip took about an hour and a half on the [...]
There are numerous reasons to visit Germany’s great northern city of Hamburg, but one that I only found by accident while I was there last is the Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum of Art and Craft. It’s the kind of museum which is interesting whether you’re deeply interested in art or not, so if [...]
Every evening the people of Zagreb snake past the main square and make their way to Tkalciceva Ulica (Street). This cobblestone pedestrian street is a vivid example of Zagreb’s cafe culture and is a popular haunt for after-work parties and weekend get-togethers. Tkalciceva Ulica Tkalca, as it is locally known, is one of Zagreb’s oldest [...]
I’d like to introduce you to Neha Puntambekar, the most recent addition to the Europe a la Carte blogging team. Neha will be posting on Mondays. Neha is a freelance writer. Having spent her growing years in Zambia, and then India, she now lives in Croatia, with her husband, where she spends her time discovering [...]
Hungary’s capital city, Budapest, is a charming and bustling European capital full of baths, shopping, and sightseeing. My favourite stop of all, though, was wandering alongside the waters of the Danube river, which separates the city into its two halves: Buda and Pest. You can go during the daytime or at night, but you’ll [...]
If you’ve had a heavy morning visiting the Colisseum, wandering back through the Forum and ending up close to the river Tiber, then there’s a little island where you can pause from the sightseeing and catch your breath. It’s known as Isola Tiberina or the Island in the Tiber. First stop has to be the [...]
Despite the cold and the darkness, and there is plenty to go around, Stockholm in February is a beautiful place.In fact, it might be because of the cold and the darkness. During those few hours of daylight, the city is alive with action. People bundled up and out sightseeing. Even just enjoying the cold winter [...]
