Although beautiful Nice, with its wide stretch of beach and lovely blue Mediterranean waters, is famous as one of the best places to visit in Europe in the summertime, this pretty city also makes an ideal winter get-away destination. Enjoy Nice without the crowds as it prepares for the Christmas season with its annual holiday [...]
Stockholm is in the midst of another winter. It happens every year and every year it is dark and cold. That’s one of the reasons Stockholm isn’t always at the top of the list of best places to visit in Europe during the winter. Which is a shame. The city has so much to offer. [...]
One of the things I greatly enjoy about France and December are the Christmas markets. For the big cities, they transform what are otherwise drab and cold streets into the closest thing that a city street can ever be to a Christmas wonderland. Besides the ubiquitous little chalet style sheds, many of the larger markets [...]
22 December 2010 – I’m voted easyJet’s Top Traveller I’m delighted to say that I was voted as easyJet Top Traveller in the easyJet 15 Hour Blogger Challenge. Thank you very much to everyone who voted for me. Introduction If you enjoy watching the video of my easyJet 15 Hour Blogger Challenge in Paris, then [...]
A few years before World War II, the horrors of war under the leadership of Hitler were quietly displayed – in Spain. In 1937, bombs fell on the Basque town of Guernica with reports of 250 (or more) dead as the town was destroyed by German and Italian forces under Operation Rügen. The bombing came [...]
Update 10 February 2011 – Unfortunately all the lights in the arches which cross the river are out of action as the electrical cables have been damaged by high water flows after the snow melted. On Sunday 12 December 2010 the official launch of the Royal Border Bridge Illuminations in Berwick upon Tweed finally took [...]
The Europe a la Carte Podcast of 10 December 2010 summarises the following Blog posts: Seven of the Best Cheap Hotels, Malaga, Spain – Hotels offering rooms for under £50 a night with verified guest ratings of at least 80%. How to be a Considerate Passenger – Let’s all try to make each other’s journeys [...]
If you’re looking for cheap hotels in Malaga, these hotels offered double rooms for under £50 a night, based on a midweek one night stay in late March 2011 (research conducted on 8 December 2010). All these budget Malaga hotels received verified (i.e. guests actually stayed there) guest ratings of 80% or above. The Sur [...]
I actually enjoy the travelling part of travelling. I get a couple of hours to sit on my own and have a bit of a think about my travel plans, or read a book or do… nothing. But there’s always someone around to ruin it. That’s right: The annoying passenger. No one likes the annoying [...]
This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned, somewhat in jest, Europe’s need for longest/shortest/highest/lowest features, such as these “longest” streets in Europe. Today I’d like to suggest one reason to head to Ronneburg in eastern Germany, where you’ll find The Dragon’s Tail, claimed to be Europe’s Longest Wooden Bridge. Photo Credit: Wikimedia The bridge was [...]
