Zagreb’s character lies at its squares or trgs as they are known here. There are numerous little squares across the city, and they are known to hold crowds and cafes with great ease, allowing for a peak into the Croatian way of life over a cup of coffee, or a beer. If you are new [...]

I’d never been to Birmingham before my visit on the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. To be quite honest I didn’t know much about Birmingham (affectionately known as Brum) beyond having heard of The Bullring and Spaghetti Junction. Birmingham city centre Well if there’s one thing that makes a city, it’s the residents and I [...]

I stayed in the Roadster Penthouse apartment at Staying Cool on the 20th floor of the Rotunda in Birmingham (UK) city centre in July 2009 for the first two nights of my Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour, flying from Edinburgh to Birmingham with bmibaby.com. I arrived at the Staying Cool apartments at dusk and was [...]