Crystal clear Plitvice Lakes

Crystal clear Plitvice Lakes

My request for my trip to Croatia was the beach…..Laura’s was Plitvic Lakes. Inland about 2 hours from Zadar the Plitvic lakes was granted UNESCO World Heritage Listing status in 1979. Before Laura mentioned it I hadn’t heard of it. All I knew of Croatia...
Chasing the sea in Split

Chasing the sea in Split

Recently I have been getting restless for the sea. I miss being around the water. The husband has done his best and took me to a lake for sunset drinks on my birthday but I miss the salty water and sea air. So I decided to go to Croatia. Basically Croatia is the...
Only skinny people live in Amsterdam

Only skinny people live in Amsterdam

Only skinny people live in Amsterdam Confused? Have you seen the houses in Amsterdam? Let me start from the beginning. When my friend Frei from Thailand told me she was coming home to The Netherlands for a month, I immediately booked a flight. I mean, we have the same...
A big fat dose of history in Berlin

A big fat dose of history in Berlin

Berlin is a city with SO much history. If you asked me at school if I liked history it would definitely have said NO. Plus, my teacher looked like he had LITERALLY stepped out of the history books. But since I have been travelling, I have discovered that history...
Oh Switzerland!

Oh Switzerland!

Oh Switzerland, you are just like the movies. Stunning scenery, chalets everywhere and cows with bells wandering around underneath my bedroom window. So perfect. You are also VERY expensive. For the 2nd half of our road trip we zigzagged in and out of Switzerland over...