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...

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. ...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

If you live in London, or even if you're just visiting, chances are there will be a Secret Cinema event happening at a mystery location...

In the last decade, it turns out I've been fortunate enough to visit 35 countries. Being a teacher has given me the chance to work full...

You can’t beat Europe for Christmas markets, and Vienna has more of them than anywhere I’ve ever visited.  I thought Cologne  (where I...

I love London. Even though I don't live there anymore, I keep being drawn back to it. I don't think I'll ever run out of things to see,...

Last month I took a solo trip to Cordoba and Seville, in Andalusia. I flew into Malaga airport and took the train to Cordoba, spent two...

Last month I took a solo trip to Cordoba and Seville, in Andalusia. I flew into Malaga airport and took the train to Cordoba, spent two...

This is the story of the scariest travel experience I've had to date. And I've done some scary things: riding on the back of a...

In December 2018, I visited the Alsace to check out some of its Christmas markets, namely Strasbourg, Colmar and Riquewihr. All three...

Our official line when asked why we moved to Cologne is "for our careers", but if we're being honest, the number one reason for living in...

In the winter of 2017/18, Patrick and I (and our dog, Toby!) spent a week in Norway, including New Year's Eve. We loved it so much - the...

Berchtesgaden is a historic mountain town nestled down in the Bavarian Alps. It's surrounded by endless scenery, from mountains to lakes...

In Summer 2018 Patrick and I spent a month driving around the European Alps. Sandwiched between the Swiss and Bavarian legs of the trip,...

In Summer 2018 Patrick and I spent a week driving around Switzerland. We entered from the south, coming from Annecy in France's Haute...

In summer 2018 we began our month-long European road trip in the Alsace region of France. Right on the border with Germany, the towns...

Visiting Spain in February could have gone one of two very different ways: pleasantly warm, tapas in the sun, wandering the...

Dijon was a must for our road trip through eastern France...Patrick is a mustard obsessive (even if I hate it!) and we heard the wine in...

Before heading into Switzerland this summer, we spent a day in the Haute-Savoie city of Annecy. Bordered by the Alps on one side, it...

Sintra is not the most understated place. It's famous for its selection of palaces built in an, erm, unique style. There's Pena Palace,...

Part 2 of our itinerary for a week road tripping around Iceland in a camper van! For Part 1, click here! Day 4: Seydisfjordur, Diamond...

In June 2017 Patrick and I set out to drive the entirety of Iceland's ring road in a camper van for a week. We may have got very wet,...

In June 2017 Patrick and I set out to drive the entirety of Iceland's ring road in a camper van for a week. We may have got very wet,...

Budapest is the Buda-best! We loved our two days in Budapest: despite some wacky weather, we saw so many beautiful things, ate some...

In the summer of 2017 we spent a week in Romania, travelling from Bucharest to the Transylvanian towns of Brasov and Sibiu, as well as...

Living in Cologne, Germany, it's great being close enough to Belgium to visit it in a weekend by train. We visit whenever we've had...

One of the biggest surprises during our French road trip this summer was Burgundy. We'd only planned to visit Dijon, but we heard that...

When we booked a trip to Paris in April, we were gutted to be missing the Bonn Cherry Blossom Festival (Kircheblutenfest) near our home...

Most people who visit Obidos, which is about an hour from Lisbon on the bus, come for the day.  We stayed for three nights (which...

Paris has one of the best culinary reputations in the world, so on our second visit to Paris, we wanted to focus on that aspect of the...

On our first visit to Paris we took in all the main sights, climbed a lot of towers, stood in a lot of queues. This time, though, we we...

Most people visit Obidos on a day trip from Lisbon, but we spent three whole nights there! Even our B&B hosts were amazed that we...

If you eat at one place in Florence, make it IO Osteria Personale! I did a lot of research into restaurants that offer tasting menus in...

San Marino, a tiny microstate surrounded on all sides Italy, has a problem it wants to fix: the majority of people who visit come only...

In October 2017 Patrick and I spent a week driving from Milan to San Marino and back again, in the smallest car of all time. Despite...