We write a lot about the amazing places you can travel to in Europe. But what about when you get there? When you’re off the plane and ready to see everything you came to see? What then? You’re in a foreign country, with a potentially foreign language, with potentially foreign currency. It can be a [...]
While Barcelona, Madrid, Granada, and the Costa del Sol are the more popular tourist attractions of Spain, the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain offers a different look at Spanish life. While the region is most famous for its pilgrimage and cathedral in Santiago de Compestela, there is much to learn about Spanish life beyond [...]
The Europe a la Carte podcast of 20 November 2010 highlights some of the destinations in our Dream European Travel Itinerary, including the Faroe Islands, Norwegian Fjords, English Lake District, the Estonian island of Saaremma, Île de Ré in France and Iceland. The Dream Itinerary was complied from readers’ contributions, as part of the celebrations [...]
I stayed at the Copenhagen Island Hotel for three nights in early November 2010, arranged by TBEX, when I attended the TBEX Europe bloggers event, where I gave my “So You Wannbe a Travel Blogger: Keeping It Real” talk. The hotel was designed by Danish architect Kim Utzon, son of Jorn who was responsible for [...]
I didn’t have nearly enough time explore Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, during my visit in November 2010. I only had one free day for sightseeing, as I was in Copenhagen mainly to attend the TBEX Europe travel bloggers event. I took a Canal Cruise in the morning and decided to walk around in the [...]
The Europe a la Carte Podcast of 19 November 2010 summaries the blog posts listed below. How to Enjoy Your Flight I’m off to Vienna 28 November – 1 December 2010 Catching Up with the Vikings in Dublin Dunnet Head, Most Northerly Point of Great Britain Two Ways to Visit Salzburg, Austria Arrive Hungry to [...]
I’m a huge fan of flying. I want a window seat, preferably by the wing so I can look and watch and marvel at how we’re in the air and how all the bits work. I want a good book, I usually want to be sat on my own. Flying time for me is reading [...]
Update 28 November 2010 – I’ve had to cancel going on the Vienna trip. Extreme weather warnings of heavy snow made this mornings drive north on the A1 from Berwick upon Tweed to Edinburgh Airport too dangerous. I’m off to Vienna on 28 November 2010 for 3 nights on a flybmi.com press trip. I’m so [...]
Dublin is a Viking town. Or was a Viking town at least. It’s an impressive history that dates back over a thousand years and involves Viking settlers (or marauders depending on whom you ask) and Irish heroes (or villains, depending on whom you ask). Dublinia Dublinia, the Viking and Medieval museum in Dublin explains this [...]
Despite what it looks like on a map, the mainland of Great Britain and the Orkney Islands aren’t that far apart. This is the view from Dunnet Head, which is the most northerly point on the British Mainland. From here, Orkney is only about 9 miles away. You can’t see it in this photo very [...]
