The Castle Garden of Malmö – an urban oasis
Less than 10 minutes’ walk from Malmö’s Central Train Station and even closer to the city’s famous Lilla Torg medieval square, lies a little enclave of ecological heaven which is easy to miss if you don’t know it’s there. The Castle Garden, or Slottsträdgården, is an...
8 fabulous reasons to love Slovenia
When I booked my first flight to Slovenia a few years ago, it was quite simply because Ljubljana was the cheapest destination in mainland Europe that came up in my search. I was about to set off on a round-the-world backpacking trip and had no real idea where to...
Lilla Torg – medieval Malmö’s little square, in pictures
[easy-image-collage id=3326] ‘If you’re short on time, you’ve got to visit Lilla Torg first’, my fellow hotel guest advised, without hesitation, ‘it’s a beautiful little medieval square less than 15 minutes from here’. And I was indeed short on time. I had just...
Tea Gardens & Tolstoy, at Tuckton in Dorset
Along the river Stour estuary in Dorset, it’s not unusual to see a flurry of activity at any given time. It could be a synchronicity of oars from Christchurch Rowing Club on a Saturday morning, or a chorus of quacks and cackles from a medley of local wildfowl at...
