Packing light for a cold weather trip We’re off somewhere cold for New Year. That’s all I have been told so I have an idea …
Winter travel packing tips: how to pack light for cold weather
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Carribean life – learning to ‘lime’ in Tobago
Liming, Tobago’s favourite pastime! Do you lime? I had no idea what ‘liming’ was until I arrived on the Caribbean island of Tobago but soon …
Diary: Day 1 Visiting tropical Tobago
It’s not every day that Visit Tobago ask you to come and discover their island (the smaller of the two islands which make up the Republic of …
Travel: Day trip from Dubrovnik to Lokrum Island
Escape the crowds in Dubrovnik with a trip to Lokrum Lokrum island is just off the coast of Croatia, considered a nature reserve and special …
Travel: 5 ways to prep for a camping trip
5 Essential tips for preparing for a camping trip It’s camping season so we have pulled out our camping gear from the back of the …
Travel: Discover Ayrshire’s hidden gems
Undiscovered Gems of East Ayrshire A new VisitScotland eBook is shedding light on East Ayrshire’s hidden delights to show you that there’s more to Ayrshire …
#UnlockScotland with ScotRail City Days Out Pass – day 1
More Glasgow or Edinburgh days out for less £ ScotRail asked us to try out their Glasgow City Days Out travel pass (there’s also an Edinburgh …
Travel: Visiting the city walls of Dubrovnik
Wandering around Dubrovnik city walls My first, and so far, only visit to Dubrovnik was with my very good friends Mr and Mrs Foodie. We …
Berlin Blog Day 4
Our last full day of this quick trip to Berlin. Usually, it’s food first before we get hangry, however on our doorstep was an unusual fountain …
Berlin Blog Day 3
Breakfast today was a highly technological affair at Data Kitchen. The courtyard setting could be a million miles from the busy Hackesher Markt area outside. Inside …
Berlin Blog day 2
Another fresh and bright morning in Berlin. On this trip we stayed in Prenzlauerberg and had breakfast at Cafe Melon beside a tram stop to Alexanderplatz. A …
Berlin Blog Day 1
When you find £20 return flights to your favourite city it’s a no brainer. So off we went to Berlin for our 6th time (though …
St Peters Seminary, Cardross – A second coming?
History The original St. Peter’s Seminary in Bearsden, Glasgow suffered a fire in 1946 and therefore a new home was needed for the seminary. However, discussions …
Top Tips for Cherry Blossom in Japan
In between the cold winter and the hot summer, Spring is an ideal time to visit japan. If you are visiting Japan between January and …
#PackMoreIn 48 Hours in Glasgow & Loch Lomond
What to do in a 2-day break The days are getting brighter so it’s time to get out and enjoy both city life and the …
Review: Lola Bikes and Coffee, The Hague, Netherlands
Speciality coffee and bikes Not something that you would think that you would normally find together but you do at Lola Bikes & Coffee. We …
Lerwick Hotel, South Road, Lerwick, Shetland Review
One night in Lerwick The Lerwick Hotel is not the prettiest of hotels from the outside, or inside at parts. It’s what I imagined a …
Scottish Staycation: Glasgow to Aberdeen to Shetland
Northern Scotland isn’t exactly the first place which springs to mind when having a break in winter, especially if you don’t own a car but …
Travel: Virtual Reality App from Visit Scotland
A new virtual reality app has been realised from VisitScotland so everyone across the world can now instantly walk through the prehistoric village of Skara …
Travel: Prora – Hitler’s Butlins on the Baltic Coast
Mein Camp – the Nazi Butlins A few years back on a holiday to Berlin we took the train up to the Hanseatic city of, …
Travel: Images of New York
I have a bad habit of lying in bed on Imgur wasting time…sorry researching! One of the good things about procrastination is that you find …
Travel: 120 years of Glasgow Subway
120 years of the ‘shoogle’ Today (14th December 2016) marks the 120th birthday of the Glasgow Subway. Yay! Opened on 14 December 1896, it is …
Travel: 24 hours in (East) Berlin
What to see and do in 24 hours in (East) Berlin Could you get the essence of Berlin in 24 hours? It’s a tough call …
Travel: Ryanair cutting free check in
Ryanair’s reducing free check-in window from 1st November Ryanair have just changed their terms for free check in. For flights departing from 1st Nov, you’ll only …