My ten favourite travel photos of 2017

This year the intention was to take time off from my travels in order to concentrate doing up my teeny tiny dolls’ house. Like that was ever going to happen! Okay, so I did scale it down.  A little.  I did the very best I could with the limited time and money I had available,Continue reading “My ten favourite travel photos of 2017”

Tally-ho Tallinn!

My day does, of course, start very early and a tad grumpily.  But I soon get my chins back up when I remember that I am moving on.  I have very mixed feelings.  On the one hand I am sad to be leaving Riga as it has made a great impression on me and IContinue reading “Tally-ho Tallinn!”

No Rest in Riga

I manage a total of about five hours of very broken sleep.  Okay, it’s an improvement on the previous night – but I still had a better quality kip in the park on my handbag the afternoon before.  As well as the incessant commotion and comings and goings, cleaners, luggage wheels and door banging, addContinue reading “No Rest in Riga”

Revival in Riga

The Dreamfill Hotel, it turns out, is anything but.  I’m used to winging it when I travel but four hours of VERY broken sleep isn’t anywhere NEAR enough.  The Dreamfill has to be the noisiest place on the planet.  Or certainly in Riga.  There are people shrieking wildly outside my door all night, comings andContinue reading “Revival in Riga”