So if you’re anything like me, you’ve well and truly been bitten by the travel bug. You’ve already got the next 10 places you want to visit mentally planned out and will find any excuse to travel. However, what happens when you can’t travel? Maybe due to work commitments or for financial reasons or maybe …
Armchair Tourists: Books That Take You To Extraordinary Places
Stephen King once wrote that books are a ‘uniquely portable magic’ and I wholeheartedly agree with him. I would love to be traveling all the time, however, I have to work and study and generally live an adult life so that’s not really a possibility. What I can do, and love to do, is read. …
5 Ukraine Travel Tips to Know Before You Visit
I’ve just returned from L’viv, Ukraine and whilst I’ve had a decent vacation, I have found some struggles with the trip. If you want to have a slightly better trip than me there are a few Ukraine travel tips you should take into account to prepare and learn from my mistakes. So here is a …
All the Disney Movies To Watch Before Going To Disneyland Paris
One of the things I see asked over and over again is which Disney movies to watch before going to Disneyland Paris. You’ve booked your trip to Disneyland Paris (or at least know that you want to go) and are now in that waiting period so need to do something to keep the excitement and …
Winter Iceland Packing List for Men
Or what to make your boyfriend take to Iceland when he says he’ll be fine. I recently went to Iceland with my boyfriend and wanted to prepare a packing list early so we could hit the sales. However, when I asked him what he would need to get before we went he said ‘nothing, I’ll …
A Trip to Ikea? Free Things to do in Gothenburg, Sweden
To be completely honest with you, I was a little disappointed with Sweden. I think in my head I was expecting it to be like Ikea – cheap and efficient. That is probably the exact opposite of my experiences. Sweden is an expensive country to travel to. Fortunately it has some free things to do. …
Romantic Advice: London Edition
Recently one of the staff at my work asked me for romantic advice – because I am so clearly great with all the ladies! He wanted to take a girl out for Valentine’s Day and asked me ‘What do girls like to do?’. I responded to this by telling him that wasn’t the question to …
5 Days in Reykjavik in Winter. Iceland Itinerary without a car!
I have been wanting to go to Iceland for a very long time, for as long as I can remember. I have kept looking into it but the cost of a trip there has always put me off so have never actually booked. I don’t know why, but it has always been a dream of …
New Year, New View
It’s almost the end of January. For most people that means they’ve already given up on their New Year’s Resolutions – eat better, go to the gym, travel more… Last week my fellow fairy wrote about why it’s good to make travel plans. This week I’m writing about how to make travel resolutions that are …
7 Reasons Why You Should Set Travel Goals Even When You Can’t Travel
As the new year has just been, I know a lot of people would have set a new years resolution. Of those resolutions, many may include travel in some way or another. Whether that be to travel more or to visit a particular place. If you’re anything like me, you will have a million ideas …