Looking across to Gaia (the focus of the port wine industry in Porto) it’s truly odd to be standing in the heat of a Portuguese city seeing enormous rooftop hoardings with a number of quintessentially English surnames such as Taylors, Cockburn and Graham peppered across the length of the river bank. Though, I’m not a big fan of encountering my fellow countryman [sic] abroad, on this occasion in…
I have been travel writing for about four years. I follow several people who write about and promote travel on social media yet I have not once met someone, face to face, who does the same as me. So, when the opportunity came up to attend, holiday price comparison site, icelolly.com‘s Blog at the Beach event in Leeds, I snapped up the chance to take Pulped Travel out…
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 am thrilled to announce the return of a regular guest poster, towelintherain, back from his travels in Florida’s Key West! Check out his useful tips, hints and advice for making the most out of this beautiful part of the US. Here’s towelintherain’s previous post at The Rough Guide to a Lonely Planet – Shoestring Munich – A Guest Post by towelintherain. Also, towelintherain’s Tumblr can be found…