The Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum is a short ride from Riga. An open air museum can be hit or miss. But I can recommend this to anyone. It is so interesting, but please wear sensible shoes, as you are walking around a wood. Spread across 213 acres of lush woodland are over 118 homesteads, churches and windmills from all…
I have an unexpected european trip coming up. After my solo trip to Latvia and Lithuania, I knew I wanted to try a truly independent trip and I am visiting Austria, Slovakia and Poland by train for the first time. I have never done anything like this before. So this is a good thing to see if I am fan…
Why I travel and where I travel too is a question I get asked often. And my answer to this is blogs, books, films and television shows. Games Of Thrones and Vikings, are just a couple that come to mind. Books, Blogs, Films And Television My travel year of 2015 was a particular unexpected Games Of Throne year, taking in…
My family and I decided to book tickets to see Strictly Come Dancing at the O2. My family, meaning my mum, sister, nephew and niece and myself who all watch it. The husbands did not want to go. I have wanted to go for years and this year it just seemed right. However, my condition/illness restricted me. So much that…
With the news of Emirates coming to London Stansted Airport. This is my local airport and we have been limited to where we could fly from here. We literally live thirty minuites away, and we now have so many new possibilities of destinations. And no more going to Heathrow or Gatwick. I first flew with Emirates in 2016 when we…
St Thomas's Church attic was once part of the old St Thomas Hospital that houses the Herb Garret and Britain's only surviving 19th century operating theatre. There is little information about operating theatres at Old St Thomas from its foundation till the 18th century. The church that contains the Old Operating Theatre Museum was built at the end of the…
