Archive for the ‘trip planning’ Category

One of the most important things about choosing a location for holidaying in is the view. In the UK, there are plenty of places to visit which have vistas to die for. If a great view is what you’re after, why not stay in holiday cottages in the Lake District? This part of Cumbria is [...]

Another trip is booked, a cruise! We found a great cruise deal, so in May we’re going on a 4-nights cruise from Stockholm (Sweden) – Tallinn (Estonia) – St Petersburg (Russia) – Helsinki (Finland) – Stockholm, with the St Peters Line Cruise Ship M/S Princess Anastasia. This cruise route is actually following the Vikings footsteps [...]

A travel guide for an interesting Swedish Manor: Julita Gård, a large open air museum owned by the Nordiska Museet Foundation since 1944, at the shores of lake Öljaren in Sweden. We went there recently and found it well worth exploring. Julita existed already in the Viking era and was an medieval monastery that later [...]