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  • Brussels: A City Break Diary (Day 1)
    Belgium | City Guide | Europe | International Travel | Travel Diaries

    Brussels: A City Break Diary (Day 1)

    Byemfletche February 2, 2016May 11, 2022

    When Mr Fletche suggested Brussels as an Easter/birthday getaway, I confess that I wasn’t overly enthused. What’s in Brussels, I asked? Home of the European Parliament, where they sit around discussing how much bend should be in our bananas? Sprouts (a vegetable that would certainly be consigned to my Room 101)? Tintin and his dog? A little boy peeing into a fountain? Instead, I was more than pleasantly surprised by what this vibrant and cosmopolitan city had to offer. Dull, grey and bureaucratic? Most definitely not…

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  • A Brummie Home and Abroad Guide to Travel Planning
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    A Brummie Home and Abroad Guide to Travel Planning

    Byemfletche January 31, 2016April 26, 2020

    I often get asked how I plan our travels. It might not be the perfect way, it might not be the cheapest way, but it’s the Brummie Home and Abroad way…

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  • Salzburg Travel Diaries: Day 3
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    Salzburg Travel Diaries: Day 3

    Byemfletche January 19, 2016August 23, 2024

    “Mr Fletche and I spend 10 minutes admiring the maze of cobbled streets and quaint buildings housing hotels, shops and restaurants; and 30 minutes admiring a beer overlooking the lake”.

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  • Salzburg, Austria
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    Salzburg Travel Diaries: Day 2

    Byemfletche January 18, 2016November 6, 2025

    It’s day 2 of our Salzburg City Break with Ma and Pa Lee. Time to really hit those Sound of Music locations and dance around wearing curtains

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  • Salzburg, September 2014, the fortress overlooks Salzburg
    Austria | City Guide | Europe | International Travel | Travel Diaries

    Salzburg Day by Day: The Hills Are Alive…

    Byemfletche January 17, 2016July 17, 2024

    Growing up, Ma Lee’s dream had always been to visit Austria. Like a wish-granting genie, faster than Ma Lee could rustle up lederhosen from a pair of curtains, flights and hotels were booked for a September jaunt to Salzburg. And of course, we couldn’t let two travel novices like Ma and Pa Lee travel alone could we?

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  • Recurring travel habits…
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    Recurring travel habits…

    By January 15, 2016

    What are your travel habits? And which ones will you try and break in 2016?

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  • Heroes Square, Budapest, Hungary
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    Budapest Travel Diaries: Valentines Day in Budapest

    Byemfletche January 11, 2016June 15, 2022

    Budapest Part 2: A Valentine’s date with an alpaca and a sloth…

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  • Chain bridge Budapest: Budapest Travel Diaries: Walking Tours and Ruin Bars
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    Budapest Travel Diaries: Walking Tours and Ruin Bars

    Byemfletche January 10, 2016March 6, 2021

    Budapest has been on the Fletcher radar for some time. “Shall we do Budapest this year?” we said in 2011. We went to Bruges. “Shall we do Budapest this year?” we said in 2012. We went to Amsterdam and Krakow. “Shall we do Budapest this year?” we said in 2013. We went to Sorrento. So 2014 was to be the year of Budapest…

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I’m Emmalene, a forty-something born and bred Brummie. Married to Chris. AKA Mr Fletche, taker of photographs, driver abroad and long-suffering travel companion.

I’m a big advocate of eating, drinking and supporting local independent businesses.

But travel is my passion. Simple, easy travel. Here you’ll find how to cram all the sights into a weekend city break. Accidental hikes. Travel fails. Honest rambling travel diaries. Where to find craft beer, gin and street food.

We fit travel around full-time jobs, making the most of weekends, Bank Holidays and maximising those precious annual leave days!

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