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Tourists flock to Europe for a holiday, but some countries aren’t quite overrun yet!  By not restricting your holidays to the famous Western European cities you can greatly reduce your costs and greatly improve the authenticity of your trip; really getting into the nitty gritty of the continent and not restricting yourself to being the [...]

What’s a travel trend hip enough to be glamorized in this months Vogue? WWOOF, or World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – a nearly 30-year-old organization that has come back into the limelight, attracting tons of young volunteers to rural locales around the world (though they’re likely not decked out in Marc Jacob trousers and [...]

For the 10th annual instalment of the Unilever Series, Polish artist Miroslaw Balka has created a giant black hole in London’s Tate Modern museum by constructing a huge steel container, held on two-metre high supports.
Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1958, Balka’s work explores themes of personal history and draws on his Catholic upbringing as well [...]

My final night in Warsaw was always going to be a quiet one…after all I had to get a flight in the morning. So naturally, I got talking to a Dutch guy in the kitchen and ended up staying up till the early hours of the morning drinking in the hostel bar.

WATER! Never leave home without it! You never know when something might go wrong and you could be in need of a drink…and after a few of those drinks you should probably have some water to keep hydrated! But seriously, to keep yourself healthy and happy it is a very good idea to carry water [...]

Warsaw still has the classic European old town with some well kept architecture and a few lovely streets to walk down and cafes to relax in. However, it is also dotted with gigantic shopping malls and commercial districts along with some very tall office buildings and hotels. It was fantastic to have the shopping and nightlife experience of a big modern city while still being able to escape to the calm and beauty of the old style of so many European cities.

After the world wars, Lodz’s textile industry was devastated. But a new museum, shopping and entertainment center called Manufaktura now boosts the cities attraction to tourists.

I agreed to try the spirit that is only offered in Poland… Spirytus is ninety-six percent alcohol.

The majority of the next twenty-four hours were spent climbing up into the surrounding mountains

Anyone who has known me long enough is well aware that I like a drink or two and I love my spicy food, so what better than to combine the two?