Europe

Hiking anywhere presents its own set of rewards and challenges compared to normal backpacking, and difficulties picking a place to call home for the...

I'd never thought I'd sleep on the Baltic Sea, neither had any of my travel companions. But there we were, unpacking on an engineless...

Tatra mountains in Poland - "I had no idea that Poland looked like this!", quite a few people responded to my photos of the Tatra...

Even though the Netherlands is a fairly small country, the music festivals are huge, frequent and top-notch. I'm no die hard music lover or...

From the Greek capital, it is easy to do some beautiful, exciting day trips to nearby sights like Hydra, Meteora and Delphi. There are...

Last week I stayed at Hostel Ruthensteiner during a city trip to Vienna. Hostel Ruthensteiner was refreshingly personal, cosy and fun. While brainstorming about an...

“It can’t get any worse, but we’ll do our best”. This is one of the famous slogans of the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel: a large...

A visit to the temple of Poseidon makes a cool half-day trip from Athens and also gives you the opportunity to see the stunning...

Gordon and Paula spend the night on Amsterdam's beautiful canals based on two music posters they saw on the internet. Read here about their...