There’s a lot going on in the centre of Budapest and along the banks of the Danube but perhaps you haven’t realised there’s also a lot going on in a much greener quieter part of the city, the huge Városliget, Budapest’s City Park. Start by taking metro line 1 northbound to Hősök tere, Heroes Square.… More How to spend a day in Városliget, Budapest’s City Park
Having wandered around Budapest for a few days, I very suddenly realised that for the average tourist, there’s very little here to say “you’re in Hungary”. Budapest is a bubble in its own right. It’s where stag parties go for beer bikes and to make a racket in the big outdoor thermal baths, where middle… More The House of Terror, Budapest
This first thing is a bonus fact: the reason Budapest has so many thermal baths is only in part due to around a hundred atural mineral-rich hot springs. The main reason is that during the 150-ish years Budapest – or rather Buda, the city on the west bank of the Danube – was under occupation… More 8 things you need to know about Budapest thermal baths
Last week I went to Budapest and I think the best post to start with is what to do in Budapest by a local. I’m not the local but I work with someone who is not just Hungarian but born and bred in Budapest. Before I went, we sat down together and he went through… More The best things to do in Budapest – by a local
In the latest round of “what’s the best chocolate in my eclectic collection?”, it’s time for Switzerland vs Norway, Lindt vs Freia, the battle of the two great neutral European powers. Now, this one’s going to be interesting because these are both high scorers – Lindt soundly defeated Greek Lacta back in April and drew… More Chocolate Wars: Swiss chocolate vs Norwegian chocolate
“We’re going to Italy!” we said. “OK,” our parents said. Not “No, you’re not, you’re fourteen years old,” – but we were. I was fourteen and my best friend Catherine was also fourteen and the plan we’d hatched was to fly to Italy, just the two of us, to join a raptor protection camp populated… More Two schoolchildren go unsupervised to Italy to spend a week with strangers
Now, this is a book of two halves, because for the first few chapters, I was shaking my head and going “Yet again, I’m going to have to write on my blog that I read a travel-themed book that I didn’t particularly like”. But it got better. This month’s book is also the Rebel Readers’… More Travel Library: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
I had the idea for a human itinerary, one day in Reykjavik vs a day suggested by an AI while I was watching Hannah Witton’s I Asked Chat GPT & a London Expert to Plan A Solo Day Out in London video in September and immediately wondered what I would say for a day in… More One day in Reykjavik: my itinerary vs Chat GPT’s
Over the last year or two, I’ve become a bit of a convert to solid haircare bars. Unless I’m taking my tent to Iceland, I usually go hand luggage only, which means I’m limited to 100ml bottles of liquid shampoo and conditioner and frankly, 100ml of conditioner barely touches my hair. On the other hand,… More What is the best solid conditioner bar?
It’s the Tbilisi sulphur baths video! At last! Well, this has been a long time coming! I went to Tbilisi in January – end of January, last couple of days plus the first couple of days of February and it’s ridiculous that we’re nearly two-thirds of the way through October and I only finished this video… More New video: Tbilisi sulphur baths