I have been lucky enough to visit some amazing places both with my family as a child and also in the past few years with friends and my husband, but I am always on the look out for the next adventure. I aim to write posts about some of these places over the next few months too.
As of July 2018
Nic has been to 62 countries
Shorty has been to 55 countries
Where we’ve been:
Europe
England
Wales
Scotland
Germany
Portugal
Belgium
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Italy
Malta
The Netherlands/ Holland
Gibraltar
France
Spain
Greece
Russian Federation
Hungary
Republic Of Ireland
Dublin (May 2014, March 2015) Dublin Guide and Report / Dublin on St Patrick’s day!
Wicklow Mountains (March 2015) Breathtaking Wicklow mountains
Northern Ireland
Giants Causeway (March 2015) Exploring the Giant’s Causeway / Games of Thrones filming locations in Northern Ireland / Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge
Poland
Ukraine
Lviv (Nov 2014) A Day In Lviv / Crossing the Ukrainian border
Kiev (July 2016) A guide to Kiev
Chernobyl (May 2016) Delving into the post apocalyptic world of abandoned soviet Chernobyl
Pripyat (May 2016)
Slovakia
Bratislava (March 2015) Charming and Contrasting Bratislava
Devin (March 2015) The ruins of Devin castle
Austria
Vienna (March 2015) Guide to a day in Vienna
Switzerland
Basel (June 2015) Guide to Basel (Switzerland on a budget)
Lucerne (June, Aug 2015) Basel to Lucerne for half price! / Guide to Lucerne! / Golden Round Trip, Mt. Pilatus.
Interlaken (August 2015) Paragliding over Interlaken/ White Water Rafting, Swiss Alps /
Canyoning Chli Schliere / Via Ferrata Swiss Alps/ Interlaken
Liechtenstein
Vaduz (August 2015) The tiny country of Liechtenstein!
Slovenia
Ljubljana (April 2016) Canoe through Ljubljana / Hiking Smarna Gora, The Local Ljubljana mountain! / Wonderful Ljubljana / Couchsurfing in Ljubljana
Bled (April 2016) Why Slovenia is the most underrated country in Europe
Bohinj (April 2016) Bled vs Bohinj
Croatia
Zadar (April 2016)
Plitvice (May 2016) Exploring the otherworldly Plitvice Lakes
Dubrovnik (May 2016) A guide to Dubrovnik / Dubrovnik city walls / Kings Landing / Lokrum
Bosnia Herzegovina
Mostar (May 2016) Mostar scars / Mostar bridge divers A guide to Mostar
Sarajevo (May 2016) Sarajevo tunnels / Guide to Sarajevo / abandoned Sarajevo bobsleigh track / Bosnia: East meets West
Serbia
Belgrade (May 2016) A guide to Belgrade: The white city of Serbia / Reflections on visiting Serbia / The remnants of Yugoslavia in Belgrade.
Montenegro
Kotor (May 2016) A guide to Kotor / Walking the ancient city walls of Kotor
Tara National Park (May 2016) Our wild white water rafting adventure through the Tara Gorge
Perast (May 2016) The beautiful village and its floating churches set in the fjord of the kotor bay
Albania
Tirana (May 2016) Trip ‘n’ Hostel Albania / Guide to Tirana / A love affair with Albania
Berat (May 2016) Berat: The charming UNESCO Ottoman town
Polican (May 2016)
Shkoder (May 2016) Shkoder Castle
Bogove (May 2016) Hitchhiking to Tropical Bogove Waterfall
Koman (May 2016) 3 hours Komani ferry
Fierze (May 2016)
Macedonia
Skopje (May 2016) Hostel Review: Hi Skopje, Macedonia / Guide to Skopje / Kayaking down Matka Canyon / Protesting in Skopje
Ohrid (June 2016) A guide to Ohrid / A ferry over Lake Ohrid
Kosovo
Pristina (June 2016) The newborn capital of Pristina / Reflecting on Kosovo
Prizren (June 2016) The Ottoman city of prizren
Bulgaria
Sofia (June 2016) Hostel Review: Moreto & Caffeto / A guide to Sofia
Plovdiv (June 2016) Exploring ancient Plovdiv
Rila (June 2016) An amazing day at Rila Monastery
Shipka (June 2016) Buzludzha and Shipka
Romania
Bucharest (July 2016) Guide to Bucharest
Brasov (July 2016) Guide to Brasov
Bran (July 2016)
Busteni (July 2016) Hiking in the Carpathian Mountains
Transfagarasan (July 2016) The Transfagarasan highway
Moldova
Chisinau (July 2016) A guide to Chisinau
Trebujeni (July 2016) Being a tourist in Moldova
Tiraspol (July 2016) (Part of the self declared Communist republic of Transnistria) Entering the mysterious world of Transnistria: The time warp self declared Communist Republic
Lithuania
Vilnius (July 2016) A guide to Vilnius
Siauliai (July 2016) The awe inspiring and eerie Hill of Crosses
Latvia
Finland
Helsinki (July 2016) Helsinki in a day from Tallinn
Norway
Oslo (Dec 2017)
Sweden
Gothenburg (Dec 2017)
Denmark
Copenhagen (Dec 2017)
Africa
Egypt
North America
USA
New York –
10 Free Thing To Do in NYC / We Got Married in NYC! / Baseball! / Off the beaten track NYC
Brooklyn (Dec 2008, Feb 2011, June 2013)
The Bronx (Dec 2008, Feb 2011)
Queens (Dec 2008, Feb 2011,June 2013)
Manhattan (Dec 2008, Feb 2011, June 2013)
Staten Island (Dec 2008, Feb 2011,June 2013)
Beacon (Feb 2011)
Florida –
Connecticut –
Massachusetts –
New Jersey –
District of Columbia –
Virginia –
Canada
Asia
Turkey
Japan
China
Hong Kong
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Laos
Singapore
Malaysia
Brunei
Philippines
Indonesia
United Arab Emirates
Sri Lanka
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand