This pandemic year was a travel disaster, as I spent most of the year stuck and exploring my own hood/city. But, mid year, when things eased up a bit, I ventured out to visit Cyprus and Crete and travel around

Visions of Heraklion : Crete
Been wanting to explore more of Greece, and so after a trip to Cyprus decided to take a short flight out west to visit the island of Crete. Haven’t done my home work well, so wasn’t sure what to expect,

Barcelona walking tour : Spain
A couple of years ago I spent Christmas time in Barcelona with family and had a chance to revisit and explore this gorgeous city. We had a lovely Airbnb in the central area, near Avenue del Parallel, walking distance from

Visions of Amsterdam : Netherlands
I’ve visited Amsterdam many many times, especially while I was living in the Netherlands, but somehow have never dedicated a visions post to share some of the beauty of this remarkable city. Despite being overrun with tourists and having some

Viking Ship Museum : Roskilde Denmark
When touring around Denmark, I wanted to learn more about Viking culture, so I made a stop at Roskilde Denmark, where there’s a small culture village and a museum dedicated to the regional folk history with some about the vikings.

Walking tour of Porto : Portugal
A couple of years back I visited Europe for Christmas new year and set out to do a roadtrip around Portugal. I started from northern Porto, and then drove down all the way to Lisbon. It was a wonderful trip,

Obidos walking tour : Portugal
Obidos is a beautiful old town in central Portugal that I visited during my road trip going from Porto in the north down towards Lisbon in the south. I did an overnight stay in Obidos, beginning of January, so people

Helsinki walking tour : Finland
I spent a couple of days in Helsinki before and after a car road trip around Finland. Though I didn’t linger for long, there was much to do and explore and I ended up doing and seeing quite a lot.

Gozo island : Malta
One of the more memorable unexpected trips of the previous year was a quick getaway I did when visiting Italy, and on the way to France, with a long weekend+ hop over in gorgeous Malta. Up in northern Malta is

Walking tour of Coimbra : Portugal
Coimbra is home to one of the world’s oldest universities, and so doing a road trip around Portugal, I had to stop over and have a look. I spent an overnight and a day exploring the city, which looked and