Having been away every month of the year so far, we decided to continue the quest of a trip in every month of 2016 by going to Belfast for the weekend. The capital of Northern Ireland is now very much open for business after years of political tension and we were looking forward to sampling […]
We decided to kick off our Baltic adventure in the capital city of Lithuania – Vilnius. Taking the number 3G bus from the airport to the centre (Fabijoniskes means bus station), first impressions said that this city was unlikely to be overrun with tourists. As we wound our way down the grey streets under the […]
My birthday always falls on or around the August bank holiday. So, lucky fiancé that I am, Rhian bought us a two night break in Prague to celebrate. Not arriving at our accommodation Salvator Superior Apartments on Revolucni until the evening and after trying to work out the unfathomable house numbers (there seems to be […]
Heading back into Vienna’s Hauptbahnhoff station whilst quietly humming Ultravox, we were full of anticipation to arrive at our hotel. We had decided to splash out a little more than usual in order to book a room at the 25 Hours Hotel located a stone’s throw from Volksgarten U-Bahn. We certainly were not disappointed. We […]
We decided to utilise the Easter break this year and use our 4 day weekend for a dual centred break in Vienna and Bratislava. Flying into Vienna airport, we headed straight for an OBB train help desk where we picked up tickets to Vienna Hauptbahnhof then a next day return to Bratislava central for just […]