One of the biggest lures to Luxembourg city is the UNESCO World Heritage sites within the city and so the next day – we got up bright and early to get a guided tour around the city and get a deeper look at the city’s long and glorious history! Random aside: You can rent these … Continue Reading
Sometimes, there’s nothing I like more than a food post, especially when it details the very best burgers in Berlin! Today’s we’ve brought back an old favourite – local recommendations. Simon Algren from Berlin knows a thing or two about epic burgers and has put together, 10 yummy burger joints you have to visit in Berlin. … 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
… because some of the most charming parts of Luxembourg are outside of Luxembourg city! We started off our final day in Luxembourg with a short bus ride to a little city called Echternach. As it turned out, this day in Echternach as it was Whit Tuesday and every year on Whit Tuesday, Echternach holds a dancing procession where … Continue Reading
After lunch in Clervaux, we headed off to see another UNESCO ‘treasured item’ in Luxembourg (of which there seem to be lots here in Luxembourg)… This time it was the famed photography collection ‘The Family of Man’. The photography collection is listed in the UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical … 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
If you’ve been on our Instagram, Facebook or Twitter lately, then you already know about our#Nordics48h challenge. If you haven’t then here’s the lowdown – Scandic hotels invited us on a bit of a challenge to explore the Nordics in 48 hours. We had no clue where we would be going to, what we would be … Continue Reading
Santorini is an amazing island to visit in Greece. The whitewashed houses, picturesque sunsets, beautiful clifftop towns and amazing weather all make for an amazing idyllic getaway. Not only that but there are loads of top foods to eat in Santorini that’ll keep you stuffed for your whole trip. Of course, you’ve got many epic … Continue Reading
This was probably one of the biggest gifts I personally got on our trip across the Nordics with Scandic and I will explain why later on. I don’t think even Scandic realised it at the time – I definitely didn’t) but before all that, let’s cover everything you need to know about getting to Pulpit Rock and the Lysefjord. … Continue Reading
After our climb up to Pulpit Rock, we finally arrive at the Scandic City Hotel Stavanger at about 1.30am, cold, exhausted but utterly and thoroughly satisfied! Needless to say, I fell asleep almost immediately! Breakfast the next day at the hotel was quite a fantastic and indulgent affair. Basically, there wasn’t anything that would classify as … Continue Reading
Permit me to skip about half a day of our Nordics4 48 hour challenge to walk you through the brilliant Finnish city of Helsinki. Needless to say, I will go back and let you know what we got up to in the night after our evening of ‘treasure hunting’ in Helsinki but I just got too … Continue Reading
It’s been a while since I’ve had one of these kinda days in London… London is glorious in summer time! There’s just so much more stuff to do and with the sun shining brightly, very little excuse not to to do said stuff! Even on slightly overcast days like today, the sun managed to peek … Continue Reading
With our treasure hunt in Helsinki’s business district over, we headed straight back to the Hotel Scandic Paasi to show off our finds for the Scandic Hotels #Nordics48h mini challenege, grab a bite or two to eat and have some much needed and well-earned ‘Loyly’ time. Loyly by the way is the steam that comes from … Continue Reading
The next morning, we got up bright and early (and thankfully hungover free) headed out to breakfast, swiftly followed by a whistle-stop tour of Helsinki after which we hopped into a taxi and headed to our next surprise destination… Rovio! The home of the Angry Birds. The buildings slowly started to change as we drove out … Continue Reading
