An overview of the upcoming posts, sketching out the shape of our travels to Seattle, Portland, Eugene and Seattle once more.
The Honeymoon Tour
An overview of our honeymoon trip across Europe: from our wedding venue in Rotterdam, to Taormina in Sicily, all by train!
From Rotterdam to Taormina, by ten trains
An overview of each of the train journeys making up our Honeymoon tour from the Netherlands to Italy.
Visting Etna and Alcantara from Taormina
Mt Etna in three courses: a gentle stroll around the Silvestri craters; a more demanding hike up from the cable car station; and paddling in the refreshing waters of the Alcantara gorge.
Gallery: Taormina
Having completed our long trip to Sicily, we spent most of our visit in the pretty cliff-top town of Taormina.
Gallery: Pompeii
Photos from a trip back in time.
Visiting Pompeii from Naples
The frozen-in-time Roman settlement of Pompeii was a bit of challenge to visit without joining a tour group – but it was easily worth the effort! Here’s what we learnt.
Gallery: Verona
Pictures from our second major stop, an old favourite of Alaina’s.
Gallery: The Bernina Express
Although a challenging environment – and one I wanted to enjoy! – I managed a few reasonable shots on the Bernina Express.
The Bernina Express
Getting from Switzerland to Italy in style – by narrow gauge railway across the Alps.
Gallery: Zurich
A few shots from the first proper stop of our tour, an old favourite of mine.
Across Europe, by train: planning our honeymoon tour
From a simple idea, our honeymoon plan grew into a five country, nine day train journey from Rotterdam to Sicily (and then a well-earned rest). This post covers the itinerary and logistics, providing a guide to booking something similar yourself (including an alternative start from the UK).
Europe, South to North
Overview of my travels this summer, exploring Europes extremes from sand dunes to glaciers!
Gallery: Pyramiden
Photos from the Russian ghost town of Pyramiden.
A tour of Pyramiden
In a long-abandoned soviet mining settlement 79 degrees north, Lenin is locked in a staring match with a glacier…
Gallery: The world’s northernmost fjord cruise
Photos from a visit to the Nordenskiöld glacier, and the beautiful scenery along the way.
The world’s northernmost fjord cruise
To reach an abandoned Russian town – and the northernmost point I’ve ever set foot – I had to continue my travels by boat. The best weather of the trip meant endlessly beautiful scenery, culminating in the Nordenskiöld glacier.
Gallery: Longyearbyen
Photos from in and around Svalbard’s main settlement.
Visiting Svalbard
The remote arctic island of Svalbard – or, at least, its main settlement Longyearbyen, is not as inaccessible as you might imagine! Here’s what lured me there, how I managed to visit, and what I got up to whilst I was in town.
Gallery: Maspalomas
Highlights of the incredible sand structures of the Maspalomas dunes – and a beautiful sunrise over the beach.