A Winter Guide to Tromsø

The second stop of our beautiful week in Norway saw us board a plane from Oslo and fly two hours northward, crossing - for the very first time in my life - the Arctic Circle. We landed in Tromsø, along…

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The Best Tromsø Fjord Cruise

We were in Tromsø after our weekend in Olso where we had flown up with my aunt, uncle and cousin. It was my first time above the Arctic Circle and it was quite simply spectacular. Tromsø is a well-known northern…

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Sherpatrappa Hike

One of the best things we did during our time in Tromsø, far up in the north of Norway, after our weekend in the capital of Oslo, was to hike up the Sherpatrappa to the best view of the entire…

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A Weekend in Oslo

We flew up to Oslo, the gorgeous Scandinavian capital of Norway - my 60th country visited - before we ventured even further north above the Arctic Circle to Tromsø and Sommarøy. Somehow, we had managed to time the trip to Oslo with the gorgeous end of the vibrant colours…

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Oslo’s 6 Best Kanelboller

We were spending a long weekend in Oslo, the gorgeous Scandinavian capital of Norway before we ventured up north above the Arctic Circle to Tromsø and Sommarøy. I reached out to a friend of mine based in Oslo and asked for some…

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Visiting Oslo’s Floating Saunas

Our first stop during our trip up to Norway was to Oslo, the gorgeous capital city, before we ventured up north above the Arctic Circle to Tromsø and Sommarøy. I reached out to a friend of mine based in Oslo and asked…

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A Cruise Through Oslofjord

We flew up to Oslo, the gorgeous Scandinavian capital of Norway - my 60th country visited - before we ventured even further north above the Arctic Circle to Tromsø and Sommarøy. Somehow, we had managed to time the trip to Oslo with the…

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A Guide to Hamburg

My mum spent a lot of her youth living in Hamburg, Germany, and brought me back to visit many times as a child. It's where her best friend lives, and many other of her close friends, so all in all,…

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Naturhotel Forsthofgut

I saw an ad for this incredible outdoor mountain spa come up on my Instagram feed, and let's just say I was heavily influenced. With autumn well underway in the mountains of Austria, I decided that a weekend in October would be the…

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Partnach Gorge & Wagenbrüchsee

After I returned home early from Marrakech after experiencing the 8 September earthquake, I was in need of a restorative, quiet, peaceful weekend in the mountains. So, we took a long drive to the southernmost region of Germany to do a gorge…

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A Guide to Marrakech

I was intending to spend just shy of three weeks in Morocco, exploring the whole country, starting with a long weekend in the beautiful city of Marrakech with Emily, a dear friend of mine. But the day I landed, Friday…

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The Morocco Earthquake

At 11:11 on Friday 8 September, 2023, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, the impact of which was felt across the country. I had landed in Marrakech earlier that afternoon with Emily, a friend of…

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