Leaving Skye behind was pretty sad, it had really been everything we’d hoped it would’ve been: incredible natural beauty everywhere you looked, but we had to start our long drive back to Glasgow. But we weren’t done yet, we had … Continue reading
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Road Tripping Scotland: Isle of Skye
Our first stop on the trip was Talisker whisky distillery, so, as we were close by, we took the Mallaig-Armadale ferry to avoid a lengthy drive. It was nice to skip 100 miles and get to the distillery early. Or … Continue reading
Road Tripping Scotland: Loch Lomond to Castle Tioram
From St. Andrews we drove over to Loch Lomond where we were staying in a remote cabin on the water, in Rowardennan. It poured during the drive, a lot of it down windy single track roads, but cleared up in … Continue reading
Road Tripping Scotland: St Andrews
What do you do after passing your driving test (for the second time)? Road Trip!!! And with family in Scotland we decided on visiting them near St Andrews and making our way up to the Isle of Skye via the … Continue reading
Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast (mostly)
Leaving Lake Bled in Slovenia we drove south-west (about 3 hours) to the coast to the historic town of Rovinj, in Croatia. There are a lot of beautiful smaller, lesser known coastal towns in the north of Croatia that are … Continue reading
Lake Bled & Ljubljana, Slovenia
Last year we finally got round to exploring Croatia, where the secret seems to be well and truly out, but during our research Slovenia kept getting mentioned. After doing some digging we decided it looked worth an extra week and … Continue reading
Portuguese Parenting for Thanksgiving
Our first proper trip as parents is in the books and, whilst definitely different, it was a lot of fun. We were determined to keep on traveling so, for Thanksgiving, we looked for some sun in Portugal. We rented a … Continue reading
Exploring & relaxing in Dubrovnik
A couple of friends of ours got married this May bank holiday weekend in Trebinje, Bosnia in Herzegovina, setting up the perfect excuse for a little jaunt to Dubrovnik, on the Dalmatian coast, in Croatia first. Unfortunately, the bump is … Continue reading
Medieval times, lights and beers in Prague
Gothic architecture, beer halls and goulash in underground caves – sign me up. Prague has lost its stag do reputation of the late 90s, but the things that drove the tourists there are still going strong, so this winter we … Continue reading
San Marino: The Castle in the Sky
If anyone ever asked if I had any interest in going to San Marino a year ago, frankly, I’d have said no, but I’m really glad England playing the “minnows of European football” gave us an opportunity to see this … Continue reading