Many visitors to London get stuck paying £££ for views of London, when they could get even better views for a lot less cash. Take the London Eye for an example. Yes, it is a big tourist draw/novelty. Once you’ve beaten your way through the crowds and waited for an eternity and finally get your…
Every traveller to Europe has castles on their bucket list, especially those, like me, who come from a country where castles are not something they will come across. We picture turrets, moats and forests predominately from films and storybooks. Our first exposure to this creative world of castles is with Disney movies as a child.…
These movies are the top flicks that get me pumped for a European adventure every time I watch them. By the end of the films I have either booked a ticket and on the brink of packing or am heavily considering it; accumulating a pros and cons list of packing up and just going again……
Down by the river Thames of London you will find a vast array of an eclectic combination of the different versions of London developed over the years. You have the West End with the “Old” – Big Ben, Lambeth Palace, and Westminster Abbey. Then there is the “New” in the East with Bank (the Gherkin…
From an early age I formed an association with Louis Armstrong’s version of La Vie en Rose and Paris. When I heard the song I would imagine myself walking the streets of Montmartre, going down into the Louvre and sitting on the lawn of the Eiffel Tower. Now having travelled to Paris multiple times the…
