The Gringo Trail
I approached The Gringo Trail with no expectations other than to be mildly entertained and a little informed. Its strap line is ‘A darkly comic road trip through South America’ […]
Author Archives: Sarah
Ryanland
Hmmmmmmm. How can this be? A book called Ryanland which seems to be almost exactly the same as How Low Can You Go? Clearly I still had to buy it […]
Weihnachtsmarkts of Germany
Nigel made a huuuuuge schoolboy error. He booked a trip around northern Bavaria, and with one exception, there was a Christmas market (Weihnachtsmarkt) in each and every town. He stoically […]
The Stress of Watching Someone Get Stressed
It’s horrible isn’t it – watching someone get stressed over something that should bring excitement and anticipation. The last 10 days have been a nightmare from which I could do […]
Christmas Travels?
What to do? A week off work before Christmas, and a world out there to see. I’ve been wondering what and where and when. Nige is keen to stay in […]
On the Couch
I’d been reading about Couchsurfing – which had sounded both scary and exciting – so my interest was piqued when I spotted a book called ‘On the Couch – Tales […]
How Low Can You Go?
‘How Low Can You Go?’ is written by Tom Chesshyre; a travel writer for The Times, and it really is the story of my Ryanair life. I was in London […]
The Wrong Way Home
The Wrong Way Home by Peter Moore popped up on Amazon as a recommendation based on previous purchases. With a few pounds to go to reach the free postage limit, […]
Now The Plugs Don’t Work…
Just humour me, and read the title of this post to the tune of a well known song by The Verve… One thing I had forgotten to mention, that amused […]
Home Again
Home. Where the cat is not speaking to us after abandoning her to random carers for what must feel to her like the second weekend in so many weeks. We […]
Dramatic Devín
It’s funny how you can get used to sleeping in a strange place so quickly. It’s especially funny how well you can sleep when you are in an allegedly *** […]
Chills and Thrills in Bratislava
I checked the weather forecast on Monday this week, and hey, it wasn’t going to be that bad! I excitedly tried to persuade Nige that it was going to be […]
Backpacker’s Bible
I thought it was about time I fed my travel writing addiction, and bought another book last week called The Backpacker’s Bible by Suzanne King and Elaine Robertson. I was […]
Wrapping up Riga
Our last full day. Today is the day for doing the things that we hadn’t got round to up to now, that we want to get done before we leave. […]
It’s Harvest Festival time in Riga!
Latvia might be an hour ahead, but that’s no excuse for not even waking up until 9.45am this morning! Nige was in a tizz to start with (something about ‘wasting […]
Two Nomadic Brits 