Where to Drink Craft Beer in Lisbon, Portugal
There isn’t much better than sitting down for a cold pint after a few days of touristing. Resting aching feet, removing the hefty backpack, looking through photos of the day, and swapping highlights becomes a holiday ritual when there’s a…
A Beer Lover’s Guide to 36 Hours in Brussels, Belgium
I’d passed through Brussels Midi station four times without ever getting any further than one overpriced bar directly outside whilst waiting for a connecting train to other towns in Belgium. The Eurostar is synonymous with a Paris city break and…
The Beer Spa, Budapest: An Alternative Thermal Bath Experience
I’ve inadvertently ended up in a couple of geothermal areas of the world in the last six months, from the sulphur pools of Rotorua in New Zealand to the outdoor hot pools of Iceland, so a trip to…
Craft Beer Tasting at Hof Ten Dormaal Brewery, Leuven
Imagine a brewery and what kind of place comes to your mind? Metal containers, huge vats and a sterile environment. Sure there might be a great bar attached to it, but from my experience, breweries are either in an industrial…
A Tour of the Meantime Beer Brewery, Greenwich
There’s very little pressure like getting into a new relationship and having to celebrate your new bloke’s birthday a few weeks in. You can plump for a generic meal out to celebrate or take a wild stab in the dark…
A Disappointing Visit to Lake Bled, Slovenia
Our drive from Ljubljana to Lake Bled was full of expectation, the excitement near to bubbling over as our pit stop in the tiny town of Skofja Loka showed us our first glimpse of quiet, rural Slovenia. Mountains crept into…
How to Spend 24 Hours (Predominantly Eating) in Bristol, UK
I am at the age now where a large proportion of my weekends are starting to be taken up with weddings, and not all of them are close to home in London. When an invitation lands in my letterbox (or…
So, You Want To Do a Day Trip to Sintra From Lisbon
Of course you do. A day trip to Sintra from Lisbon is, after all, one of the most well known excursions from the Portuguese capital city, thanks to the colourful facades of Pena Palace, but we’ll get to that in…
How to Spend 24 Hours in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Little Ljubljana, the tiny capital of teeny Slovenia packs a bigger punch than cities triple its size. A full day there doesn’t feel rushed and I was far from bored; there’s history, architecture and excellent food for an itinerary of…