Back in November we finally headed to Norway for 12 days! Only took a year of planning and a couple of postponements due to the pandemic, but we made it and that’s the main thing. Our original plan was to only go to Tromsø for a few nights to see the Northern Lights but after Read More
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A Quick Guide to Hurtigruten Coastal Cruises
So you want to book yourself a Hurtigruten Coastal Cruise? Well hopefully my quick guide will be able to give you some insight into how the coastal cruises work! This guide is aimed at those who wish to travel from port to port, rather than planning a round trip. First tip – use the Norwegian Read More
Machu Picchu & Machu Picchu Mountain
You can’t go to Peru without visiting Machu Picchu right? In fact, I bet many of you plan your entire trip to Peru around going to Machu Picchu – and who can blame you! It’s an amazing site to see. We were fortunate enough to be able to visit the site twice while we were Read More
Exploring the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
Before lock-down happened, we decided to have a night away in Yorkshire and one of the places we wanted to visit was the ruins of Fountains Abbey. The ruins are listed as UNESCO World Heritage site and I can see why! They are definitely the most impressive abbey ruins I’ve seen so far. Getting there Read More
Edinburgh: A Mid-Winter Stroll Down the Royal Mile
Last Christmas we decided we should make the most of our time off and visit Edinburgh! I’ve never been to Scotland either so it was nice to tick another country off the list. As it was only a city break, we decided to go for 3 nights and drove up on Boxing Day. It’s only Read More
Whitby: A Place To Sink Your Teeth Into
Looking for somewhere to spend a long weekend?? Then look no further than Whitby! It’s a beautiful seaside town on the Yorkshire coast and the inspiration behind the famous Bram Stoker novel – Dracula! We recently decided we needed a 3 day weekend and we love Yorkshire so Whitby was an easy choice for us. Read More
Tiwanaku: A Line Worth Crossing
Fancy going to check out Tiwanaku (also spelt Tiahuanaco) but it’s in Bolivia and you’re in Peru?? Well if you google it you’ll find it’s not possible – but I’m here to tell you it is TOTALLY possible! With both of us loving history, it was a site we’d heard, seen and read about for Read More
Flying Over the Nazca Lines
You can’t go to Nazca and not see the Nazca Lines! Can you really even go to Peru and not visit the Nazca Lines?? This is something we asked ourselves while we were planning our trip but at the end of the day – we had to go. Even if it meant going out of Read More
Nazca: Think Outside the Lines
When you think of Nazca, you think of the famous Nazca Lines right? Those mysterious geoglyphes crossing the desert plateau that can only be seen by air? I’m here to tell you – think outside the lines! Don’t get me wrong, they are amazing and seeing them from the air is an experience like no Read More
3 Days in Norwich
Norwich – the most Tudor town in England! If you’re looking for somewhere new to visit, you should definitely head there to check it out. Norwich was originally an Iceni settlement before it was taken by the Romans in 60 AD. The Roman settlement eventually fell into disuse in 450 AD and the Anglo-Saxon’s settled Read More