Amsterdam, what a cool city. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed exploring the Dutch capital. While travelling I found most of the ratings I got about Amsterdam were to do with the…
Ahh, what a wonderful time of year! Christmas is great no matter where you are in the world. I think one of the best parts of a Northern Hemisphere Christmas is the Christmas Markets. They…
Budapest was always one of the top cities James and I wanted to visit before we even got to Europe. But for some reason, it never worked into our plans. So, one day we…
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,…
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…
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…
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…