Anyone who has travelled with me knows just how much I love a sunset. As the last rays of light drop over the horizon I’m stopped in my tracks. I often feel compelled to stand still and savour it. Copenhagen was no exception. I partly blame my mum for the end of each day dumping…
While in Copenhagen, I took a train journey to Helsingør. Although only half an hour from the capital, the waterside Danish town had a different feel. Large portions of dumplings were served cheap in local cafés, the pavements bustled but didn’t burst, and the majority of its medieval streets had avoided unsympathetic restoration. Largely though,…
When I travel, I always try to see things from a different perspective. Not just metaphorically, but physically too. Climbing high to observe my surroundings helps me to get my bearings and also provides an alternative view of very familiar places. Sometimes, I’ve made an extra effort to reach the tops of buildings and mountains,…
Through the narrow windows of the cathedral’s bell tower, the landscape was split in two. Dazzling blue sky sliced across layers of terracotta rooftops and behind them, lay the Adriatic Sea. From this vantage point, I could see old and new Split. Behind the roman buildings, mundane high-rises eventually gave way to the looming limestone…
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” ~ William Shakespeare One of my favourite things about being a blogger is how much I learn on the job. Three years ago widgets, tags and SEO weren’t in my vocabulary. Today, I still struggle with them, but at the very least I know what…
The postcard A-lister, St John’s church stands over the small cove at Kaneo. It’s the final focal point on a peninsula that suddenly gives way to the blue waters of Lake Ohrid beyond, and has been for over eight hundred years. The Church is just one of many ancient developments littering the small city…
A small fishing village on the shores of Lake Ohrid, Trpejca is accessible by road but better approached by boat. A shallow bay is backed by only a few rows of houses that sport wide wooden balconies. They probably provide one of the most UNESCO-protected views in the world. I spent barely an hour there,…
