Turku was my final stop in Finland, before heading back to Helsinki to catch my flight back. When I was visiting there was some major event with a big music festival, and the city was very lively. Didn’t have much
Walking tour of Linkoping : Sweden
End of last summer I received a professional invitation to spend a few days in Linkoping, and so got to explore a bit of this town. Not sure if I’d make it here if I was just exploring Sweden, but
Walking tour of Stockholm : Sweden
I had some time in Stockholm following a visit to Linkoping in Sweden, so spent the day walking around and seeing as much as I could on foot. It was all very walkable, and quite lovely, and though it was
Coastline southwestern drive: Portugal
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
