Tegernsee I've been doing a bit of time travel recently, revisiting places through old photographs that I somehow didn't get around to sharing at the time. And on my most recent trip via my camera roll, I spent some time in Tegernsee. I remember it well - a beautiful Sunday afternoon, Jamie and I ...
Hotel of Dreams: Van der Valk Hotel, Amsterdam Amstel
Van Der Valk Hotel, Amsterdam Amstel Following on from my previous post, I thought I'd show you where we stayed during our last trip to Amsterdam (and where I hope to stay again sometime, in the - fingers crossed 🤞 - not too distant future!). We stayed in the Van Der Valk Amsterdam Amstel in July ...
A View of Amsterdam…
... through my phone During our last trip to Amsterdam, I took a lot of snaps on my phone. Many of these I shared to Instagram at the time, but I thought I'd put them together in a post here. Instagram is great for collating and sharing memories, but it's a transient app too; photos soon get buried ...
Day Tripping: Regensburg
A Day Trip to Regensburg 🍂 In October 2019, when I was off university for a reading week, I took the opportunity to travel back to Munich to spend time with Jamie. Regensburg had been on our to-visit list for some time. So on the Saturday, catching the train from the central station, we took off for ...
Day Tripping: Königssee, Berchtesgaden
Königssee First up in my retrospective blogging, a visit to Königssee... from 2017! Nestled in Berchtesgaden National Park and surrounded by the Alps, Königssee is one of the finest jewels in Bavaria's already jewel-laden crown. It's German for 'King's Lake', and it's not hard to see why it has a ...
Day Tripping: Grainau
Just a mini post today! While life and travel has been put on pause, I've been enjoying looking through old photos and doing a bit of time travel, in this case back to 2018, when we visited Grainau for a day trip. On one of our weekend trips to Garmisch, we took an impromptu day trip to Grainau, an ...
Autumn in Austria
Ohhhh Vienna! Has anyone heard of Sachertorte? Vienna's world famous sweet treat, a chocolate cake with apricot jam, was admittedly the only thing I knew about the city before visiting a couple of weeks ago. (I know it even better now, having scoffed four (!) slices, in four days...)* Delicious ...
Postcards from Amsterdam
Long time no see! Although we're well into Autumn territory (yay!), I wanted to share some photos from our trip to Amsterdam in July. I'd been itching to visit Amsterdam for a while and this trip was my first time (and certainly won't be my last!). There are certain things that come to mind when you ...
A Walk Along Portobello
Portobello, London Walking around London aimlessly is up there among my favourite things to do, and after exploring Spitalfields, I took myself on a bit of a walkabout along Portobello Road. Alice's is a very well-known spot and it stopped me in my tracks when I seen it on the corner. I'm certain ...
Photo Diary: Old Spitalfields Market, London
Old Spitalfields Market Everyone's heard of Old Spitalfields Market, yet despite travelling to London many times over the years, I had never properly visited. So on my last trip, when I was staying in nearby Shoreditch, I made sure to pop over and tick it off my to-do list. From second hand books ...
Ladurée, Geneva
Ladurée, Geneva On our trip to Geneva, we paid a visit to Ladurée. Although I'd had their macarons before, I'd never been to one of their sit-in places. It was as whimsical as you'd imagine, from the pastel coloured interiors of green and pink, to the black-and-white checkered tile floor. We ...
Where to Stay: Bristol Hotel, Geneva
Bristol Hotel, Geneva As I mentioned in my previous Geneva post, for our visit we were guests of the Bristol Hotel - easily the most beautiful hotel I have ever had the pleasure of staying in. I've been very fortunate to have stayed in some wonderful hotels, but the Bristol tops them all. Rather ...