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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,…

Sagrada Familia

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…

Love Paris

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…

Pena Palace

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…

Santa Justa Lift

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…

Tiles of Lisbon 12

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…

Cliffs of Moher

The Cliffs of Moher are one of the most popular tourist spots in Ireland and one of my highlights of our trip to Ireland. It’s a great place for a day trip with walks, boat…