Four months ago I published my first entry on Norway and now I decided to publish the second entry, encouraged by the fact there are new, more recent adventures to come. The previous entry was on Oslo, and now we’ll focus on the area of Sandefjord, where my friend Hannele was then living. So, continuing […]
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Cesky Krumlov Castle Grounds: a Bohemian fairy tale
Cesky Krumlov Castle dates back to 1240 and it is the second largest castle complex in Czechia after Prague. It houses this incredible-looking bridge over the moat and is recommended for anyone who visits Czechia, let alone Cesky Krumlov itself. Without belittling the castle itself, many people and sources said that already the grounds were […]
Cobbles and dumplings à la Cesky Krumlov
Cesky Krumlov. Southern Czechia, on the river Vltava, a population of 13,000. UNESCO World Heritage Sight. Highly recommended by many. And I concur. Despite the beginning not being completely hiccupless. We arrived in Cesky Krumlov after a less-than-ideal bus ride involving two shattered travellers, five bags (including an insanely heavy plastic bag and Nicola’s comic […]
FINLAND 100 EDITION: Rovaniemi, Lapland
HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY FINLAND!!! In honour of this historic day, today we shall go back a year to the last trip of 2016, when I spent a blissful three days in Rovaniemi, Lapland with my parents and aunt and uncles. Not necessarily your obvious first choice for travel company, but my family are suitably eccentric […]