If it wasn’t for advice on twitter or my love for pizza I probably wouldn’t of visited Napoli. Actually I think at one point I told Morgan that Napoli was off the itinerary after reading about mafia, thieves, violence and dirt and grim in the Lonely Planet! Actually no guidebook seemed to mention anything nice…
I have to admit I was incredibly excited to embark on the Italian capital – I mean, all that good food and marvelous wine – who wouldn’t??? We had only booked 2 nights in Rome due to most of the affordable hostels being full booked, so we figured if there was more to see we…
To be honest we were pretty much stopping in Bulgaria to break up the journey to Greece. To get to the Bulgarian capital it was a total of 13-hours travel; Brasov-Bucharest & then Bucharest-Sofia. The first part of the journey was rather forgettable as it was early in the morning, the seats were comfy and…
It is the home of Dracula. How could we not be excited about that. If you know me, you know that I’m a dedicated Buffy, Angel, Twilight & True Blood fan. So of course I was looking forward to getting to Romania aka. the birthplace of vampires supposedly. However we were both a little apprehensive…
Three countries in one day is what it took to get to Budapest – we traveled up through Slovenia to Vienna in Austria and then over to Budapest in Hungary. The 2nd leg of the journey was on one of the Austrian Rail’s OBB Railjet trains, which was very nice. It was basically like being…
The early start on leg seven of our adventure was rather refreshing. The cool morning air mixed with the heavy fog draping itself over Ljubljana’s castle and river was mystical. We were sad to be leaving Slovenia, as it is such a beautiful country from the scenery to the friendly welcoming people. It was on…
We had no idea how to even pronounce the name of where we were going. It is the capital of Slovenia and roughly 10% of the country’s population lives there – 200,000 people. Ljubljana is its name and now I can mumble out something which sort of sounds like how it should be said. We…
It is so nice to walk into a hostel and feel right at home straightaway. Euro Lodge is literally a 10-minute walk from Edinburgh Haymarket station. It is down a dinky cobblestone back road lined with triangular shaped houses. It is in number 39 that you will find Euro Lodge. It is not really a…
I have just finished a 7-month backpacking trip around Europe. I guess you could say that I’m now considered as an avid traveler so I believe what I am about to say is completely justified. Lonely Planet guidebooks are unhelpful, useless and are complete dead weight. My ‘Europe on a Shoestring, Big Trips on…