Category: Europe
Rock Werchter 2012
The hardest thing about going to a music festival in Belgium is trying to work out how to pronounce the damn name. This festival was cheaper than any in the UK, easier and quicker to get to than Isle Of Wight and we can safely say that it’s more fun! …
Cycling across mini-Switzerland (..I mean Liechtenstein)
With a 4-day long weekend approaching we wanted to find somewhere to go and do something a little different. So what better could we find than riding bicycles across an entire country in a few short days. We shortlisted a few candidates and analysed the pros & cons of each.…
Iceland – Land of .. ummm.. ice!
For some reason I’d always thought of Iceland as contrary to what the name would suggest – covered in lots of green mountains and flowing rivers. Greenland on the other hand I’ve always thought of as completely covered in ice. It would seem that Iceland in winter is most definitely…
Madeira – Pérola do Atlântico
A long weekend spent on the island of Madeira, a small outpost of Portugal in the middle of the Atlantic. The main city Funchal has a unique art project underway where they’ve painted the doors and entranceways to help open up and revitalise old and abandoned areas of the city.…