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Where to stay on a budget in Boquete, Panama

I planned my visit to Boquete during its busiest festival of the year… La Feria de las Flores y del Cafe (aka the Boquete Cofee and Flower Fair)! Each January the streets

3 days around Sintra in Portugal

Time for an escape to the country… in Portugal! Although Lisbon is one of the loveliest cities in Europe, in my opinion, after a couple of days in the buzzing

Getting the creeps at Castle Frankenstein, Germany

WHAT: A visit to the old castle of Frankenstein, one that’s totally in ruins and rumoured to be the inspiration of Mary Shelley’s most famous book WHERE: 5 km south of

Peleş: a fairytale-like Romanian royal palace

WHAT: One of the better decorated, inside and out, palaces that both Romania and Europe can give you WHERE: 45 km from the lovely town of Brașov, reachable by train

The quirky and shuffling elephant seals of California

Huge and ugly brutes, yet very quirky and funny; that’s how I’d describe the elephant seals in California. Look at their snouts in the pictures and you’ll understand why they’re

Autumn is coming: in Prague- part I

Autumn is without a doubt the most perfect timing to travel to Prague, if you have – just like me – an irreplaceable sense of nostalgia for all things fall.