Heading back to Poland after we realised that Belarus wouldn’t come off with the visas was a last minute adventure. Poland is a place close to our hearts after our amazing time in Krakow and we originally had plans to spend a few days in Warsaw before moving back on to our path and the
Europe 2016 leg
Helsinki in a day. Exploring the wonderful capital of Finland after a ferry ride from Estonia!
Whilst staying in the stunning fairytale city of Tallinn in Estonia we couldn’t not notice the city’s proximity to Helsinki, the Finnish capital. Knowing how expensive Scandinavia is compared to the region of Eastern Europe we had been travelling within for 4 months we took the opportunity to head over for the first time. This
A guide to fairytale Tallinn, Estonia. The surprisingly Scandinavia Baltic capital!
For anyone who has visited the capital cities of the Baltics you can’t help but feel the similarities and yet their own personal uniqueness, and everyone will undoubtedly have their favourite! For us there was something about the chocolate box cobbled streets of Tallinn, the pastel shades punctuated by the ancient churches, the mixture of
Guide to Riga, Latvia. The heart of the baltic states with beautiful folk culture!
Riga was a strange one for me, I had been due to visit a few years back with freinds when the Icelandic volcano blew up and ruined our plans!! For a long time I had wondered what I had missed out on and always dreamt of finally visiting! So here we were, in this wonderful,
A guide to Vilnius, the small, friendly old capital of Lithuania and our first stop in the Baltic’s!
After our time travelling through the Balkans and the rest of Eastern Europe it was time to finally head into the Baltic States for the first time. What we found here was a completely different vibes with much more western and Scandinavian influences. With Lithuanian being our first stop and probably the most overlooked it
The awe inspiring and eerie Hill of Crosses, Lithuania!
Sitting seemingly in the middle of nowhere in the Lithuanian countryside is the mysterious Hill of Crosses. Over 100,000 crosses hit on this seemingly random mound that is a pilgrimage for christians from all over the world, as well as those looking for something strange, out of the ordinary and frankly quite eerie! Heading over
A guide to Kiev, the effortlessly cool Ukrainian capital that showed us a different side to this country!
Back in 2014 we made a crazy journey over from Poland into the at war Ukraine. Unsure what we might find we discovered a beautiful harsh country with vast contrasts between the emerging modern state and the weight of the soviet past. We vowed to return and to head to Kiev, the capital city everyone
Delving into the post apocalyptic world of abandoned soviet Chernobyl. 30 years on we visit our UrbEx dream!
For years now visiting Chernobyl and the post apocalyptic abandoned soviet town of Pripyat had been a dream. There is something eerily alluring about the idea of a town trapped in time, as the world has moved on this time capsule of the soviet era has been slowly crumbing. Twisting this once idealistic Utopian dream
A round up of our time at home before heading out for 18 months travelling!!
Returning home after 4 months on the road through Europe we decided to extend our stay to 3 months at home before heading off for a much longer leg of 18 months travel. Being at home after travelling for so long was so strange at first but it really gave us time to make the
A guide to Chisinau, The down to earth and mysterious capital of Moldova!
Chisinau Pronounced “kee-shee-now” is probably Europe’s least visited capital city, or at least the one most of us are likely to get wrong in the pub quiz! Not all that many people venture into the mysterious corner of the far east of Europe in which Moldova sits and even fewer know what there is to experience
Entering the mysterious world of Transnistria: The time warp self declared Communist Republic between Moldova and Ukraine!
We had heard about the secretive state of Transnistria as we had been travelling through Eastern Europe. We heard rumours of a dangerous border crossing, bribing guards, Russian military and a currency that is only recognised within its tiny borders sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine. But having a rather unhealthy obsession with Communism, sketchy border
A guide to Brasov: The charming Transylvanian home of Dracula that stole our hearts!
After already falling in love with Romania when we explored the trendy capital of Bucharest we were keen to head out in to Transylvania where the read adventure was to begin. Here Romania really took our hearts with its fairytale medieval streets, freindly locals, traditional culture, tales of Dracula and of course the stunning mountains and countryside that
An amazing adventure through the Romanian countryside to hike above the Transfagarasan highway
After an epic day in the Carpathian Mountains we were offered an opportunity to venture to the legendary Transfagarasan highway deep in the Transylvania peaks. In what turned out to be a 12 hour road trip through the Romanian countryside, visiting the most breathtaking scenes, witnessing local life and hiking to the most amazing summit
Hiking to 7520ft in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania, Romania!
We love nothing more than being up in the mountains, exploring the wild untamed peaks whether than be hiking, climbing or paragliding over the top of it all! So when we headed over to Romania and more specifically Transylvania we were keen to tick off a huge dream: Hiking in the stunning Carpathian Mountains! But
Bucharest, the beautiful and trendy Romanian capital we absolutely fell in love with!
Heading in to Romania after 3 weeks in Turkey, back into Eastern Europe and back on our original route we were unsure what to expect. In many ways it almost felt like coming back home, back to the familiar sights, sounds and smells of Eastern Europe we had become so used to and loved to