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If you happen to be in Europe and have any chance to change your travel plans for this week, I would highly recommend you spend Friday in Amsterdam.
What’s so special about Friday, you may wonder?  Queen’s Day!  Or, if you’re Dutch, Koninginnedag (yes, that’s a mouthful).
The most popular Dutch holiday of the year, Queen’s Day [...]

The view from St. George’s Castle is of a sea of red colliding abruptly at the blue of the ocean. This red sea is one of the most essentially Portuguese sights I have seen in my life. The slipping and sliding hills of Lisbon show off amazing Portuguese architecture and presence with building after building [...]

This year the Cheltenham Literature Festival will be celebrating its 60th anniversary and to mark its birthday, some of the world’s best known authors will play host to topical talks, interviews, debates, readings and workshops during the 10 day event.
First started in 1949 by a small group of friends, the world’s very first literature festival [...]

Whether you’re studying abroad or touring for fun, each European city has a fabulous fashion lesson to teach the stylistically inclined.

I love San Sebastian. I stayed there for one night. I slept on the street. It can get surprisingly cold at 2am in the Spanish summer.
When I first arrived in San Sebastian after leaving Pamplona I felt ridiculously confident I could find some cheap accommodation. There seemed to be at least thirty pensions (cheap guest [...]

Situated in a German village, 40 miles south-west of Munich at the lower edge of Bavaria, Oberammergau, a name less recognisable to some, is home to Germany’s Passion Play – a 400-year-old tradition – which has been an essential aspect of Oberammergau’s life since the mid 17th century.
The Passion Play is a vivid recreation of [...]

Picturesque, nothing less

The coasts of Spain are rightly regarded as some of the most amazing beach destinations in the world. The city of San Sebastian seems to be built around an amazing beach that sits in a bay with cliffs reaching around in a pincer movement just off the sands, then coming together to sit perfectly [...]

When you deviate from initial plans…

San Fermin, the running of the bulls in Spain, is one of the most dangerous festivals in the world. From the bull running itself to the crazy atmosphere and the excessive drinking, there are a lot of injuries and even deaths that occur in the festival. Most of these deaths are of course due to [...]

Ok people, the trick is to plan ahead. All the big European festivals make accommodation prices go through the roof and Oktoberfest is no exception. So the following advice goes for Oktoberfest along with any big European festival, or indeed festival in the world. If at all possible, plan ahead! I know for a lot [...]