It’s almost impossible to summarise Europe as a whole. The highlights reel would run into hours. Europe is the traveller’s lolly jar: lots of epic, distinct destinations and experiences packed into a relatively small space.
Road tripper? Beach lover? Island hopper? Alpine adventurer? Maybe you’re happy wandering ancient towns for hours on end? Perhaps, like us, you’d go to extreme lengths to hunt down an original Caravaggio or search out the remnants of an ancient Roman road. Or maybe you like nothing better than sipping a sunset vino sourced from nearby vines, while watching the world go by in a local town square. Europe offers a little bit of travel Nirvana for everyone. The history, culture, food, people, tradition, architecture and, of course, the nature will always keep us coming back for more.
Posts from Europe
Island Fling: The Perfect 5-Day Isle Of Skye Road Trip
We leave the world behind on a 5-day Isle of Skye road trip, flying into Inverness and out of Glasgow, and exploring the moody moors and windswept ranges of this alluring Scottish island. Rugged, dramatic and irrepressible, Scotland’s Isle of Skye has a knack of weaving its way into your …
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Taking On A Volcano By Snowmobile In Iceland
Our guide is knee-deep in the snow of Mýrdalsjökull Glacier in Iceland’s south, scraping the ice around him into a large mound. “Do you know where Iceland’s biggest volcano is?” he asks. People in our group, stark against the white backdrop in fluorescent orange boiler suits, point in various directions. “Actually,” he stabs …
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Exploring A Magical Ice Cave In Iceland
A narrow stream of crystal clear water gushes past our feet and disappears into the half-moon opening of the ice cave nearby. ‘Can I drink this?,’ I ask our guide. ‘Of course,’ he beams. ‘You can drink the water anywhere in Iceland. Except if you see a horse pissing in it. Then just …
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48 Hours In Innsbruck: The Perfect Winter Weekender
Innsbruck, Austria’s picturesque Tyrolean capital, attracts visitors year-round to its alpine panoramas and active outdoors scene. It’s especially charming in the early winter, when the city turns on the festive cheer and Christmas markets illuminate the town squares. As our Aussie Christmases are usually scorchers passed in the shade sipping …
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Kayaking The Naeroyfjord In Norway
I’m worried. I can’t even remember the last time I paddled a kayak for anything more than an hour or so. Or if I’ve even been in a kayak-for-one. Now I’m standing on the shores of the Naeroyfjord in Norway, decked out in a wetsuit and pondering the two-day, 25-kilometre sea …
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Exploring A Glacier In Norway By Kayak And Crampon
It’s summer in Norway and the turquoise waters of Styggevatnet glacier lake seem tranquil and inviting. Then I dip my hand in and realise why our guide was so insistent that we paddle carefully to avoid tipping the kayak. As I pull my tingling hand from the frigid water, giving our kayak …
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Sogndal To Geiranger – The Most Spectacular Drive In The World?
For most of our three-week journey around Norway, John and I wore the look of the stunned, partly due to the cost of travelling there but mostly because the country is just off the charts in the natural beauty stakes. We were already doing overtime on the superlatives. So when …
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Hiking Kjerag – A Heart Pumping Adventure in Norway
“Stand straight, arms up, smile. Show confidence, strength, and most of all, bravery. You’re a conqueror of your worst fears, ready for any challenge”. That’s what I’m telling myself anyway. It’s the image we all try to portray in that fleeting moment atop a metre-wide hunk of rock precariously suspended 984 …
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Hiking to Pulpit Rock – A Leg-Stretching Introduction To Norway’s Fjord Walks
My heart was hammering and my face was the shade of a ripe tomato. As we stopped to catch our breaths and take in the views, we started to laugh. We could still see the carpark. We’d just climbed the first 500-metres of the Pulpit Rock trail and my lungs already felt …
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