Monny: Ahh shit… here we go again. Phoebe and I are on the laptop in August, looking at “cute places to go” for a winter getaway. There are only a couple of options. You see, we have a Eurostar discount code to use up. If you read our last blog, you’ll know why we have this. What time should we book? I ask.Surely we should get the early train. Don’t want to waste a day on travel. I want to get the most out of my holibobs…. Day 1 Monny: Fast forward to a cold, damp, foggy mor

A slow travel blog by Phoebe--a slow travel lover, and Mon-- a slow travel hater. Follow our journey from London- Paris- Marseille- Hyères-Genoa-Bologna-Venice all done via train without a plane in sight. Our second article, below, is focused on our time in Italy. Day 11. 7/9/24. Genova to Bologna M:  Now Genova (Genoa in Italian) was a city that took me by surprise. I did not expect much, but we had a pleasant time. Thinking back, we didn’t once eat out for dinner! How cultu

Part 1 of our slow travel adventures in France and Italy.

The post below was completed all of two months ago but left to stew in the hope that 'depth' may be added. The reality is that it is now past its sell by date and aged considerably. I have not changed what was written, partly for posterity and partly because I am supposed to be cooking dinner and have done nothing about it. Nonetheless, the relevance of below is not wasted, time has merely passed, as it tends to do, and I now find myself 'looking back' at a first chapter com

Reality... Paris--Colmar "Wow, just 30 minutes to reach Germany from France, I bloody love Europe..." *penny drops as map is finally read...

~continued from part 1~ The reality to my Blois fantasy was arriving with a dead phone to a city much larger than anticipated. The former...

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to go on a bike backing adventure. This is probably a slight over-exaggeration as I can...