Back in the day, whenever I found someone who said “I just love French films” or any phrase similar to that, I used to find my self involuntarily rolling my eyes – mostly becauseI knew (or at least I thought I knew) these people that only ever said that because somehow, the idea of being into French films made them … Continue Reading
Update: This experience has now ended in London. It was only available during the summer of 2015. It’s kinda been in London before, years ago at the Tate Modern and its coming back to London this summer! What is it? Well I’m not sure if you remember those cool slides that were in the Tate … Continue Reading
Lots of people know about the larger islands of Europe: Great Britain, Ireland, Sicily and many more but there are many smaller (but no less breathtaking) islands that we often forget or bypass on our quest to visit while travelling around Europe. Some of the islands are “off the beaten track” so to speak, while … Continue Reading
France is as diverse as any country can be, with its Mediterranean coast to the south, its mountainous eastern regions across the Alps to the south-western French Basque Country, France has it all. I wanted to showcase some of my favourite destinations that should be included on every trip to France this year. I have … Continue Reading
This is an awkward one. The political realities of where this is located (Crimea) make it very tricky to visit (or even to recommend visiting) but as you can tell from the photos below, this castle is dramatically beautiful! [image via] [image via] [image via] [image via] [image via] [image via] [image via]
Every traveller wants to find their next go to destination… somewhere that captures their imagination, a place that thrives in culture, natural diversity and of-course looks beautifully picturesque! Yaya and I have been on a little mission this week… we are trying to think of where our next holiday will be, so as any blogger … Continue Reading
First off a bit of context – our friends Alex (one of the brains behind the amazing – Design Box London) and Jamie invited us to celebrate their birthday and I’m pretty sure I RSVP’d even before I received the invite! Celebration time with these two is always bound to be fun. I still have … Continue Reading
There’s going to be a new feature on the Hand Luggage Only website! WHOOP WHOOP!!! 😉 And it’s one that we hope you will find useful… Okay, this is very much new and we’re very open to suggestion on how to improve it as we go along but you know how I constantly go on and on … Continue Reading
After our exciting news about our adventure next week, I wanted to do some research into the most dramatic landscapes and blissfully beautiful locations that I want to re-visit and explore and explore, over and over again. It probably sounds strange, but when it gets really sunny in London (like today), my mind starts to … Continue Reading
Summer’s officially here (even though the last of Spring weather is still around in bits and pieces all across Europe) and to celebrate the start of summer (and to also drag you into our latest summer obsession), I’ve put together a list of places you should definitely consider going to for a beach holiday this … Continue Reading
Woohooo!!! I have finally gotten round to editing the video from our time in Cinque Terre! Looking through the clips today while editing the video reminded me of how amazing Cinque Terre is… I wanna go back as soon as possible and stay for much longer! 🙂 Without further ado, here’s our video diary from … Continue Reading
Summer time’s here and you know what that means – POOL TIME! One of our favourite things to do whenever we visit anywhere warm is to figure out a way to spend some time in the pool! Even when the four of us were road tripping across America, it didn’t matter what time we arrived … Continue Reading
Salar de Uyuni or more commonly referred to (in English at least) as the Bolivian Salt Flats. Chances are that you’ve either been there to see them in person or that you’ve seen those photos of your friends playing around with perspectives and pretending to eat, trample or pick each other up like ants. For the … Continue Reading
Yes, I’m officially obsessed with travel blogs! I love reading what other people have gotten up to on their travels and getting inspired by amazing travellers and bloggers! There’s always something new to see or someplace new to explore and these blog posts this week have in a roundabout way both satisfied my travel lust … Continue Reading
