London – Capping Off 2019
Another Christmas spent in London with cold weather and lots of mulled wine capping off 18 months living in the UK. The last year has been full of London adventures and long weekends all over Europe while masquerading as a …Read More »
Bulgaria – Sofia and Hiking
Sofia was full of friendly people, delicious food and a great hike. We flew in Friday evening and picked up a hire car to head into the city centre to check into our hostel. Afterwards it was straight off to …Read More »
Scotland – Hiking the Highlands
On Friday Jay and I hiked Stob Ban in the Mamores and traversed its ridge across to its westerly neighbour Mullach nan Coirean to create a fun medium length circuit. The weather was extremely windy with some rain as we …Read More »
Italy – Meeting the Romans
After Norway was cut short, Blake and I spent a day in London, eating Bao Buns in Soho and enjoying the sun before heading to the airport and making our way to Rome, Italy. The weather was vastly different to …Read More »
Norway – Hiking Trollheimen
Blake being on Uni holidays and me ready for a bit of time off in the European summer saw us planning a hiking trip in Norway. The Trollheimen mountain area in central Norway provided a good spot to plan the …Read More »
South Africa – In and Around Cape Town
Cape Town The first afternoon in Cape Town we went for a drive down to the beach, getting out for a walk and to dip our feet in the water at Camps Bay and then driving further around the coast …Read More »
South Africa – The Garden Route
Mossel Bay After leaving Wilderness we travelled down to Mossel Bay, the beginning of the scenic drive leading into Cape Town called the Garden Route. We arrived in time for a late brunch and got some advice from a local …Read More »
South Africa – The Wild Coast
St Lucia We had a big drive ahead so decided to get up and watch the sunrise from the same wooden platform above the canopy that we had been on for the previous sunset. After sunset we left Marloth Park …Read More »
South Africa – Johannesburg and Kruger NP
Johannesburg I landed in Johannesburg where Blake was already waiting after arriving from Australia. We grabbed the hire car and took off towards the city to check in to our hostel in Maboneng and get oriented. Given that the hostel …Read More »
Europe – Paris and Budapest
Paris A bit of down time was welcome around the end of the year before I took the train across to Paris to meet with Blake and Zein and spend a couple of days eating and cycling our way across …Read More »