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Exploring Lake Como's famous triangle...With Dogs!

One big reason we keep returning to Italy is how dog-friendly the country is. And not just in the sense that dogs are allowed almost...

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Feb 1, 20237 min read

Falling in Love with Italy: Photo Story

It's official. I'm in a long-term relationship...with Italy. We first fell in love waaay back in 2017, and we've been inseparable since. ...

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Oct 26, 20221 min read

We made our own German Christmas market!

When Germany's major cities announced that they'd be cancelling Christmas markets in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it wasn't a...

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Dec 20, 20204 min read

Christmas in London

London might be one of my absolute favourite places to be at Christmas. There's a certain magical atmosphere here that conjures up the...

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Dec 7, 20206 min read

Travel Memories are a Christmas Tradition!

So, I'll admit that I'm not a huge fan of carting around travel souvenirs, only for them to gather dust on a shelf. Luckily, during one...

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Nov 27, 202011 min read

My Top Festive Travel Experiences

I love Christmas, and I love travel...so Christmas travel makes for some of the most memorable experiences! Since travelling during the...

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Nov 16, 20203 min read

Christmas in Riga and Tallinn

Christmas and travel: the perfect match? As much as we love a good cosy winter's day curled up on the sofa with a cup of mulled wine and...

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Nov 15, 20205 min read

Photo Story: Beautiful Germany

I can't believe I've been living in Germany for five years and I've never shared a German photo story! Well, the time has come to fix...

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Nov 7, 20203 min read

A Sunset Dinner High Above Dusseldorf

One of the things we've really missed since travel restrictions went into place this year is eating out when we travel. It's such a huge...

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Nov 5, 20203 min read

How to Avoid Burnout While Travelling (with or without a chronic illness!)

I recently got diagnosed with a chronic illness, one that I’ve had for years without even really recognising it for what it was. Before...

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Sep 21, 20209 min read

How to Eat REALLY Well While Travelling!

Hi, my name is Lucy, and I am a shameless travel foodie. I haven't always been, though: I used to be the kind of person who ordered...

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Sep 20, 202014 min read

Photo Story: Empty Venice

I visited Venice in July 2020, at a point when the European borders had just opened following several months of Covid-19 quarantine...

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Sep 7, 20201 min read

Photographing Barcelona

I spent a weekend in Barcelona hoping to capture its combination of modernist, art nouveau, and gothic revival architecture on camera. ...

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Sep 6, 20205 min read

Crowd-Free Venice

I visited Venice in July 2020, at a point when the European borders had just opened following several months of Covid-19 quarantine...

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Jul 24, 20207 min read

How to Eat Local in Venice

When researching a trip, local food is one of the first things we look into. We tend to gravitate towards restaurants on quiet streets,...

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Jul 23, 20207 min read

Around the World in 80 Dishes

This project began, like a lot of 2020's projects around the world, as a Covid-19 lockdown project. Marooned in our house in a suburb...

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Jul 10, 202014 min read

One Day in Girona

If there's only one thing you do on a trip to Barcelona, make it a visit to La Sagrada Familia. But if you've done that....catch a local...

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Mar 9, 20205 min read

Hiroshima and Miyajima Island

We only spent around 24 hours in the Hiroshima area in total, having squeezed it into our three-week Spring in Japan itinerary fairly...

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Feb 1, 20203 min read

Route 66: Arizona and Nevada

Have you, like millions of other people over the last 70+ years, yearned to get your kicks on Route 66? I certainly have, and I finally...

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Feb 1, 20206 min read

Page, Arizona: alternative itinerary

Page, Arizona is probably most famous for three spectacular sights: Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend and Lake Powell. We'd heard, however,...

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Jan 28, 20203 min read