Canada Day by Day: Driving the Icefields Parkway
Lakes, mountains, glaciers…we check out one of the world’s most spectacular drives: the Icefields Parkway between Jasper and Banff in the Canadian Rockies.
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Vancouver to Jasper by ViaRail: Canada Travel Diaries
Our Canadian trip was planned around this journey from Vancouver to Jasper by ViaRail – so did it live up to expectations?
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Canada Day by Day: More from Vancouver…
WATCH OUT PEDESTRIANS! A Brummie Home and Abroad becomes a human cycling bowling ball in Stanley Park.
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Canada Travel Diaries: First Stop – Vancouver
Exploring Vancouver, catching up with family and battling jetlag
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Three Days in Luxembourg
When you’ve explored all of Luxembourg City on the first day, what do you do for the next two days? Go in search of castles, that’s what!
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Day 3 in Porto: Books, Trams, and plenty of Port
On our third day in Porto, we visited Livraria Lello, took a tram to the seaside, and enjoyed plenty of port at Sandeman!
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Port, Porto, Portugal (Part 2)
Plugged in to our headsets on the bus, we were never quite sure whether we had passed the landmarks they were describing, or whether we hadn’t reached them yet. And the commentary was interspersed with some “interesting” Portuguese songs, one which sounded like the female singer had hiccups or was being tickled.
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Port, Porto, Portugal (Part 1)
After last year’s debacle of being cold and wet in York for our anniversary, we thought we’d risk being cold and wet a little bit further afield this year. Which is how we found ourselves in Porto at the end of November…
