Did you know Portugal and the UK have an alliance that spans over 600 years? No battles, no wars, nothing! Well, I think now is high time for an invasion. Pack your bags, grab your Euros and set a course towards the Portuguese capital of Lisbon! Lisbon, situated on the Atlantic coast, on the far western reaches of Continental Europe offers so much to the intrepid traveller –…
Apart from visits to Amsterdam and Cork to catch up with the friends I made on previous trips, I rarely return to a destination I have travelled to before. So, heading back to Copenhagen, the Danish capital ten months after first visiting was something out of the ordinary for me. My first visit, in the autumn, was brilliant! I fell in love with the city’s sights, the food…
I previously posted a number of photos from my travels as a way of inspiring my readers to grab their backpacks and travel (Photography to Inspire – Part 1)…even if this does mean going solo! I thought I would do this again with a new batch of, what I hope you will find are, pictures that make you want to get out there in the big wide world…
In my last post, I wrote about, and included some pictures, of my climb to the top of Zadar’s highest building, the Bell Tower at the Cathedral of St Anastasia. I gushed about how the ascent to the top of this fine bell tower afforded some fantastic views over the Old Town and across the sea to the islands that lie off Zadar. Even before I started the…
Zadar, the Croatian city located in northern Dalmatia; was a place that I knew very little about before I arrived in its industrial heartlands, but this was one I was keen to visit on my trip in the summer of 2013, around this beautiful Balkan country. I really had no idea what to expect from Zadar, but something about the place was just brilliant! Granted…Zadar is not the…