One of the highlights of my visits to Portugal was a road trip I did from Porto in the north down towards Lisbon, visiting the mountain area, and then riding along the coastline. Every stop I made on that trip
Copenhagen walking tour: Denmark
Copenhagen was charming. I only had a couple of days to tour around, but the canals and the relax atmosphere during blue skies summer days made me feel like I could definitely linger here for long. I was surprised to
Serra da Estrela Natural Park : Portugal
After a night stay over in Viseu I headed up to the mountains to visit the tallest mountains in Portugal, part of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park. First stop, Casas do Soito, a nice Jesus statue overlooking some spectacular
Golden Bay, Bugibba St Pauls Bay, & Red Tower : Malta
Malta is gorgeous, and I spent a few days roaming around by car. It’s all very small so you can easily cover that. One day was spent going to Gozo island by ferry, and so it was planned to stay
Viseu and mountains around Porto : Portugal
After starting in Porto, I headed south-east through the mountains towards Viseu. Made a few stops along the way to take in the views, in some small church, and then a nice mountain-side waterfall, and finally stayed the night in
Leiria castle & Batalha monastery: Portugal
After visiting Portugal’s Coimbra and Obidos, I continued down south to a lovely mountain top medieval castle/fort in Leiria, followed by a very large 14th century Gothic monastery in Batalha. Spent a couple of hours exploring each, with almost no one
Visions of Mdina Old Town : Malta
Mdina is an 8th century fortified town near the center of Malta, with well preserved city walls and picturesque old city streets. We came in for a few hours to catch some of the local attractions, one of those the
Visions of Stockholm : Sweden
Been hoping to see Sweden for quite some time, but it was only recently in an invite to Linkoping that I got the chance to see the region. It was hectic intense times, so didn’t have time to do much
Visions of Linkoping : Sweden
When visiting a conference in Rotterdam beginning of summer I got an unexpected opportunity being invited to visit Sweden. I wasn’t going to pass on that, and so even though it during a very hectic time for me and a
Visions of Graz : Austria
Following travel starting from Croatia, to Italy and Slovenia, I ended up crossing the border from Maribor to stay for a few days in Austrian Graz. There’s a lively old town next to a hill with a fortress and a
