We were spending the weekend on Sommarøy as the final stop on our incredible trip around Norway, easily one of the most beautiful and magical countries I've ever been to. You can read my entire guide to visiting Sommarøy, with all…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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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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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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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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To round out a delightful summer spent mostly at home in Salzburg, Sonja and I undertook a very Austrian activity and tackled what we call an "after work" which is basically just a sweet way of saying let's go on…
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