It had always been a dream of mine for many years to visit Neuschwanstein Castle (Schloss Neuschwanstein in German) located high above the village of Hohenschwangau in Bavaria in Germany close to the border with Austria. It is one of the most famous and popular sights in Germany and the fairytale castle was said to have been Walt Disney’s inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle. (more…)

On my recent road trip through Europe, I was looking for things to do during our short time in Switzerland when I discovered the Trümmelbach Falls in Lauterbrunnen close to where we staying in Interlaken. The Trümmelbach Falls (Trümmelbachfälle in German) are a series of ten waterfalls located inside a mountain which carry over twenty thousand litres of water per second from the glacier walls of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountains down to the Lauterbrunnen Valley and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (more…)

Lake Bled in Slovenia is instantly recognisable and somewhere that had always been on my list of places to see for a long time.  No matter where you are in Lake Bled, you are guaranteed beautiful views and great photographs but if you want to get the picture postcard shot of the lake itself, you will have to make a little effort but it is completely worth it. (more…)

This week I was lucky enough to visit the incredible city of Berlin for a couple of days for my first holiday away this year. Currently at the time of writing (August 2020), Berlin has two international airports  – Tegel Airport which is located five miles north west from the city centre and Schönefeld Airport which is located a little further away in the south. (more…)

Over the years I have done many big road trips throughout the USA, Canada and Europe and they are one of my favourite ways to explore as they are the ultimate adventure and you can see so much that you would otherwise miss if you were just flying between cities. During this time I have also learnt so many things on each trip which has helped to make the next one we do even better. I now know what to do, what not to do, what to pack, what not to pack and also what you can do to help keep costs down whilst on the road. (more…)

The day that we walked the Walls of Dubrovnik last year was pretty much a perfect day. Not only is the Old Town of Dubrovnik a beautiful and magical place but as we visited during the off-season, it was quiet and we pretty much had the walls to ourselves – it was exactly how you imagine and hope everywhere you visit could be. (more…)

When you land at Vienna Airport in Austria, you are immediately confronted with advert after advert for the expensive City Airport Train to the centre of Vienna as soon as you enter the terminal. I am not joking when I say that you will see signs for the CAT train everywhere you look – there’s even luggage going around on the baggage reclaim belts advertising it whilst you are standing there! There is however another and much cheaper option to travel to the city centre which is not advertised anywhere at all – the S-Bahn. Even though the S-Bahn train makes several stops on route, it costs a fraction of the price. (more…)

When we visited the amazing city of Dubrovnik for five days in March this year, we also made plans on one of our days to take a road trip to the town of Kotor in Montenegro which is located 57 miles (92km) from Dubrovnik making it a very easy drive. As Kotor is only a short distance away, it is a very popular day trip destination and even though there are buses and coach trips available, neither of these will give you the freedom to stop whenever you want to enjoy and take in the amazing scenery during the journey. (more…)

The Wieliczka Salt Mine (Kopalnia Soli Wieliczka) is one of the most popular attractions in Krakow (it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978) and is located nine miles south of the city in the town of Wieliczka. (more…)

Since reading the Diary of Anne Frank when I was at school, I had always wanted to visit Amsterdam and see Anne Frank House for myself. I always found it strange given the amount of places in the world that I have travelled to that I had never been to the Netherlands but last October, we booked a short break in Amsterdam for my birthday. (more…)