Capital cities are expensive and Amsterdam is no exception, with the average lunch costing €14, pint costing €4.90 and museum €17. Travelling for me is a constant battle between trying to make the most of a place while maintaining a strict budget. There are always cool free things to do in any city, so I … More Top 5 Free Things to do in Amsterdam
You don’t have to get on a plane or travel miles to have an adventure! No matter where you live there is always something to explore, for me the 40-minute drive to Whitby was long overdue. As an English literature graduate obsessed with the gothic, visiting Whitby abbey was high on my bucket list. For … More A Day Trip To Whitby – The birthplace of Dracula
So you know you want to travel to Europe, you’ve got a bit of an idea of where you want to go but need to work out the logistics of how to get from place to place. There are an array of options from the hiring a car, plane, coach or the most popular train. … More Interrailing Ticket vs Doing it Yourself?
DO: 1) Have a Vague Plan and Try to Book as Much in Advance as Possible A huge bonus of an interrailing ticket is the freedom it allows, however booking in advance as much as you can make it far cheaper and easier to budget. With the cheapest interrail ticket we had carefully planned out … More Interrailing Do’s and Don’ts
It’s always a daunting prospect beginning to pack, especially if it’s a long trip spanning multiple countries. Only having a vague idea of what to take as a first-time backpacker I did a lot of research and found many blogs with hints, tips and suggestions that really helped. So after getting back from my trip, … More What to Pack for an Interrailing trip?
I can’t believe this it is! It has been an incredible two and a half weeks, our journey has been jam-packed with history, culture and good nights out. We have visited 5 countries and had an amazing time on our tiny budget. We really weren’t ready for it to end, we really could have carried … More Fields, Planes and Wrong Trains – The Last Day of our Interrailing Adventure
So this was it, we had one day left of our interrailing adventure and we were determined to make the most of it. After filling up on breakfast we had decided to take the hike up to the Citadella before it was too hot. It really is a hike up and we went at some … More Lucy Almost Undressed a Corpse – Day four in Budapest
Spending my 21st in Budapest really was a dream come true, however, waking up with a massive hangover wasn’t exactly what I had imagined. After giving ourselves a long morning to recover we decided to get brunch at a cafe that had been recommended called bluebird. It looked amazing and was filled with delicious looking … More Walk Out’s and Birthday Baths – Day Three in Budapest
Keen to explore more of Budapest we began our second day by visiting parliament square to see up close the beautiful building, we had seen from a distance the previous day. The architecture really is something else and the square is full of beautiful fountains. We arrived just in time to witness the changing of … More Food Markets and Ruin Bars – Day two in Budapest
By now we were pro’s at packing up and moving on to the next city, we put our luggage back into the storage room to use our last few hours in Vienna exploring the Belvedere grounds. It was Harrie who had selected this as our final stop in Vienna and we were happy to go … More A Million Years Later – Travelling from Vienna to Budapest
