Berlin had been on our radars for as long as I can remember and despite having family in Germany, making several trips to Hamburg and loving the country, we hadn’t managed to get around to it. When we decided to make a trip home for Christmas from Australia we decided to split the trip there
Western Europe
2 days in Milan Itinerary: A Complete Guide To A weekend in Milan, Italy
Milan is somewhere that often gets overlooked when people plan a trip to Italy, it’s often described as boring and expensive and with so much else to see across the country it’s a shame it often goes unvisited. But with cheap flights available on budget airlines from the UK to Milan we chose it as
Gothenburg In Winter: A Guide To Visiting This Cool Swedish City & What To See In Gothenburg
After spending around 2 years travelling around Southeast Asia and Australia we found ourselves back in Europe to visit family over the Christmas period a few years back. It wasn’t just a reverse culture shock but it was also a shock to the system to acclimatise to not only winter in Europe but in famously
Milan to Bellagio: An incredible Lake Como day trip from Milan, Italy
After spending a few day exploring the effortlessly elegant city of Milan we were keen to get out of the crowded streets and into the surrounding countryside and searches for the best day trips from Milan. One of the places we had always dreamt of visiting was Lake Como and the pastel colours towns that
A guide To Using The Train In Italy: How To Travel For Cheap and Like A Local!
As Italy was the first stop of our long term travels, we realised very quickly that many things stretched our tight budget. We spent a total of around 10-11 days travelling from Milan (with a day trip to lake Como) to Bolzano, from Bolzano to Badia and finally Badia down to Venice. So one thing
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 on
What to do in Bristol, the top attractions guide for a day in this lovely city!
So, we’ve been home from our European backpacking adventures for 3 months now before we set off on the 2nd of November for our Asia and Australian leg of our round the world tour. But we thought we would make the most of this time by seeing a little more of the UK. Having only
Getting lost on purpose in Venice and discovering Venetian life!
Venice is a crazy city, a lot like Tokyo in many way in the fact that it is utterly confusing and you will get lost no matter how much you fight it! But in this maze like city getting lost is when you really discover the true heart of this wonderful place. Along the narrow
Touring Venice by the water: The best way to see both the known and unknown areas of this unique city!
When visiting Venice what better way in there to explore this special, unique and crumbling old city than via the canals. When you tour the canals you get not only the chance to see Venice from another perspective and see all those amazing and well known sites once again. But from here you see how
Venice overnight and on a budget, what to see and do to make the most of a short visit!
Venice can be an expensive place and definitely isn’t somewhere on the usual backpacking route. But as we were in Italy and making our way over to Slovenia the easiest way was through Venice…so we decided why not stay for 1 night and make the most of the time we have in this wonderful city.
The fascinating Earth pyramids of Bolzano & The amazing Cable Car & hike to visit them!
After exploring the wonderful streets of Bolzano for a few days we happened across an amazing and intriguing image of what looked like some sort of alien formations. We figured such an impressive and strange natural phenomenon would be high up in the in accessible snow covered mountains. After inquiring as to where exactly we
Bolzano (Bozen) The Italian mountain city with Austrian flair – The fascinating culture of Sud Tyrol
We had been keen to head up to the very North of Italy for sometime, the mountainous region on the border of Austria had temped to its snow covered peaks and delightful villages. But little did we know that upon crossing over into the region of Sud Tyrol we would be entering into a majority
Lago di Carezza – The amazing Dolomites, Italy!
The Lago Di Carezza is a picture perfect alpine lagoon surrounded by the impressive dolomite mountains. It sits in a winding valley of dream like scenery only an hours bus ride from the German speaking, Italian city of Bolzano/ Bozen. Visiting this stunning setting was absolutely breath taking, seeing the Dolomites in all their jagged
Exploring the traditional and yet bohemian district of Brera, Milan
The Brera district of Milan is the heart of contemporary culture, happening bohemian art and where the creative youth hang out. Yet despite this it is also the traditional centre of the city, the way the Milan of old would have been: Narrow cobbled streets, colourful Italian facades and a maze like layout. Here you can step back to a world
Touring the legendary stadium of AC and INTER Milan: The San Siro!
Well just to let everyone know, this is my first post, since we have begun our long term travels I realised I’ve got to pull my weight a little bit and not just let Nic take all of the burden. We are the Roaming Renegades after all and not renegade! Anyway I thought I’d start