Riga is the capital of Latvia, Latvia the middle of the three Baltic states and Riga being the largest city of the Baltics. I feel like there’s a lot of misunderstanding around the Baltic states,…
Shania Twain October started off strong with a concert of childhood dreams. Emma and I went to the Shania Twain Now Tour at the O2 and it was sick. The crowd was awesome and diverse,…
Vikki: Hey, Ash, when I’m in Europe, do you want to come to Barcelona with me? Ash: YEEEESSSS! That’s basically how this trip started and we didn’t look back. Our weekend basically consisted of waking…
If you’ve been around here a while you will know we went to Paris last year in May as our first stop on our TopDeck tour of Europe. I wrote about it here if you…
September has been one crazy month! Vikki was here for the first two weeks which was awesome! It was such great fun having a friend from home to show around London and go on holiday…
What do you think when you think of a palace? Do you think about thrones and gems? How about brightly coloured facades and hilltop views? And hand-painted tiles and stone carved decor? Well, Sintra has…
As per Monthly Review tradition (it’s tradition now, because it happened twice), I’m going to first update on the weather before hitting the highlights of August. The month of August was a lot cooler than…
Everyone loves a good view, especially in the new city. Seeing the city from above helps you to get your bearings and see if anything catches your eye. We were told by our walking tour…
I loved Lisbon. I still do. It’s a beautiful city in its own unique way. After staying in the UK for the best part of 5 months, it was really refreshing to go to a…
Lisbon is a great city. I found it to be unassumingly beautiful. It wasn’t trying hard, it’s not wanting to be any more than it is, it’s just pretty. One thing that really captured me…