Every traveller comes to Cairo for one thing: the Pyramids of Giza. You can easily visit them in a few hours in the morning and then explore the Egyptian Museum later that afternoon and Cairo is ticked off your bucket list, job done. If you do your research though and and want to make the … More A Full-Day Itinerary of the Pyramids: Giza, Dahshur and Saqqara
When planning this trip, for us there was only one place to stay when we were here, and actually it was not actually in Cairo, but in Giza. Yes, we were staying by the Pyramids! I just couldn’t wait to get my first glimpse of the Pyramids when I arrived in Cairo. Unfortunately I didn’t … More The No.1 Best Place to Stay in Cairo
No that is not a stock image above – that is a photo I took at The Bent Pyramid on our first sightseeing day in Egypt. What is missing? People. We were the only living souls there… Egypt has been suffering from a serious dip in tourism ever since the Revolution in 2011. Speaking … More 3 Reasons Why NOW is the time to visit Egypt
May is fast approaching and with it, a very welcomed week off work! J. and I have been talking about visiting Shetland for a few years as he has family who live there. He went to Shetland back when he was still at school but this will be my first trip to islands. After calling … More Upcoming travels: Shetland
I was at first overwhelmed by the possibilities and the long list of things I wanted see and do. Luckily, there is a lot you can fit into a 9-day trip. Find out what we will be up to in this blog post! … More A Sneak-Peek at my 9-day Egypt ItineraryÂ
Back in October-November 2017 I spent my half term wandering around the streets of Madrid, which I blogged about here and here. I seized at the opportunity to get out of the capital and spend a day in a very different city I had yet to visit. The greatest part about Madrid is how it … More Escape to AndalucÃa: One day in Córdoba
2017 was truly an incredible year with regards to travel; it saw me visit Europe three times, Easter in Japan AND three weeks backpacking South America. However since my last trip in November, that’s been it – I am braving the cold, dark nights in the north of England …until the next destination in Spring! … More The Next Adventure: A New Continent!
I’m definitely warming up to London the more I visit, and an afternoon in Shoreditch did win me over. I took the train in for the day to meet up with a friend to see an art exhibit and then see where to go after. J. suggested Shoreditch as a good place to explore for … More SHOREDITCH, London
There are many ways to visit Hadrian’s Wall. There are one-week walking holidays across the entire length of the wall, cycling holidays, day trips, tours – the best thing to do is research before you go what you want to see and how you want to do it. We had a weekend in nearby Hexham, … More Day Trip: Hadrian’s Wall
The historical value Since studying Latin at school for GCSE, Hadrian’s Wall has been a place on my radar for so long. It was interesting to visit the nearby Vindolanda, partially due to it being the home of Minimus, the main character from the first Latin course I studied in primary school, but also for … More Road Trip: Hadrian’s Wall in February
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