Let me take you back, pals, to June 2001: my 12th birthday, which I had decided would be taking place at Dreamland, Margate. The smell of candyfloss hung in the air, rollercoasters rattled along rickety tracks, chaotic screams wafted over music, and cartoonish letters flashed in neon merriment at the entrances to each winding queue.… Continue reading Discovering Gröna Lund, Sweden’s Oldest Amusement Park
Ask yourself what images you might relate to Sweden as a nation, and you may well picture a snow-covered land filled with log cabins, lakes and copious branches of Ikea. (And you wouldn't be wrong about that, I'm telling you now.) But in the warmer months Sweden truly comes to life, and Stockholm in summer… Continue reading Stockholm in Summer • Scandinavian Sunshine in the City
We arrived at El Rincón de la Victoria beach purely by chance, including it as a seaside pitstop on our quest from Málaga to find one of the famed white villages of the region. The pueblos blancos are further inland, but we wanted to combine our roadtrip with some beach time, and it just so… Continue reading El Rincón de la Victoria Beach • September beach days in Málaga
Call me crazy, but I've got a strange fascination with British people going on their jolly holidays. The way that we descend on the beaches of Spain and Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, and then fry in the sun whilst despairing that we can't find a good cup of tea, never fails to make me chuckle.… Continue reading Torremolinos Beach • Brits Abroad in the Costa Del Sol
Lanzarote is a weird but wonderful little island, and although you might perceive it solely as a destination for Brits looking for a cheap package holiday and a fry-up in the sunshine, I'm telling you now: there is so, so much more to be discovered. The weather is consistently warm, and the nature is stunning,… Continue reading The Best Things to Do in Lanzarote • The Wonderfully Wild Canary Island
I've been working on ships for a while now, and as a result there are a fair few Spanish ports which I know like the back of my own hand. Mahón, Menorca, is not one of them. In fact, I've only been able to explore this pretty little city once, for approximately three hours. October… Continue reading October in Menorca • One Day in Mahón
Cádiz Cathedral is an impressive kind of a structure, I'll give it that. Its yellow-domed towers and light stone exterior seem to glow even on a rainy day, and its famous bell tower offers stunning views- of the white rooftops of the city, and in the opposite direction, the wild Atlantic Ocean. *This site uses… Continue reading Cádiz Cathedral • Photos from the Cathedral of the Americas
You'd be forgiven for thinking that the charming little city of Cádiz is on an island. In actual fact although it's almost completely surrounded by water, Cádiz sits on a peninsula jutting out like an arm into the Atlantic Ocean. Characterised by narrow streets, leafy squares filled with locals, and a slightly slower pace of… Continue reading Cádiz Cruise Port • A crew member’s guide to discovering Cádiz in one day
The island of Ibiza has a reputation as a hotspot for ravers and boho-glam hippies, but the only times that I've ever visited this stunning Balearic isle are under the far more docile circumstances of docking at Ibiza cruise port. So, pals: whilst I might not be an expert on partying at Pacha, I definitely… Continue reading Docking in Ibiza Cruise Port • How to spend a day in Eivissa
Lanzarote is worlds apart from any other of the Canary Islands; in fact a lot of this little island looks more like you'd expect the surface of another planet to appear. (Mars, perhaps, thanks to the fiery red dust and the hot lava that lies beneath.) The surreal landscape feels eerie to some, but if… Continue reading How to Visit Timanfaya National Park • On the volcano trail in Lanzarote
