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There Is Such A Thing As Too Many Holidays

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Too many holidays. This isn’t even a first world problem, is it? It’s something I would have loved to have been able to worry about during the pandemic, or all of those years doing brainless repetitive jobs whilst I worked out what to do with my life. Yet it is something I’ve just experienced. I actually feel done with holidays…granted this feeling won’t last too long. What Happened So I had a great time. 3 great times. Firstly was my holiday to Tallinn, Helsinki and Stockholm at the end of August. Then in the middle of September I went to … Continued

James Went To Stockholm

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Stockholm was the final part of my road trip without using roads (except Bolts) via Tallinn and then Helsinki. It’s another city that I didn’t do justice to in the two nights that I stayed there, though we had a little more time there in total than we had in Helsinki. Yet unlike Helsinki, I feel like I may need to go back here – there was far too much to cover in just a day and a half. Plus it was coming to the end of an expensive trip, and Sweden is hardly know for being affordable, so I … Continued

James Went To Helsinki

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So Helsinki was the next stop on the trip after falling in love with Tallinn. We caught the ferry across which took 2.5 hours and was actually rather fun – it had a very 80’s old people kind of vibe, shit decor, country and western bands, loads of pensioners. I was quite amused, especially by being able to watch the sea whilst I pee’d. Though upon arrival at our Airbnb, when we eventually found out which door it was, they had only made one bed out of 3 beds, one bed was also broken – which he told me that … Continued

James Went To Tallinn

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I’m tallinn you, I had a good time in Tallinn. It was the first stop on my next three city/country tour of Europe, Estonia was a completely new country to me – having never visited a Baltic country. Plus I had an accomplice this time too. I had a feeling that Tallinn would be my favourite city of the trip – spoiler (because nobody is going to read all 3 reviews anyway), it was my favourite city of the trip. I loved how Tallinn mixed modernity, art deco cool with medieval history too. Just how stunning is this building? Yet … Continued

Lessons From My Multi-City Holidays

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I’ve now had three multi-city holidays. First up was Basel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Strasbourg and Metz. This year I did one trip to Trieste and Ljubljana, and I’ve just come back from a trip to Tallinn, Helsinki and Stockholm – still to write about any of those. I still feel like I’m perfecting the art of the multi-city trip – I haven’t come back completely satisfied once yet. Don’t Travel Back On A Sunday 10 days after my flight back from Stockholm, I’m still knackered. Yes, holidays are supposed to be for relaxing and recovering from a busy life. I’m not … Continued

Maybe I Can Actually Deal With Rejection

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So one of the reasons why I’m still single at 45 years old is that I’ve never really been able to deal with rejection. Probably part of the reason I’m still at M&S after 6+ years, is that I don’t feel like handling the rejection of not being successful in an interview. Also why unemployment was utterly miserable – the constant rejection and all those times I (allegedly) finished runner-up in the interview process. And, of course, all that swiping for nothing other than the pleasure of seeing pictures of occasionally hot women. Enter my new teeth. Having Another Go … Continued

James Went To Lake Bled

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Yeah I went to a lake. This post shouldn’t take long, but Lake Bled was the original inspiration for my Trieste to Ljubljana trip – in fact I think I was mesmerised by a Windows ’97 photograph of Lake Bled. OK, perhaps not Windows ’97, but it first came to my attention via one of the photos that loads up on my PC quite some years ago. I’d already clocked that Slovenia was stunning, from my first night in Ljubljana. Lake Bled didn’t disappoint. Basically a lake in the more mountainous regions, with a castle on one side, and a … Continued

James Went To Ljubljana

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After Trieste, it was time to head to the lovely jubbly Ljubljana. Though pronounced like: Originally I planned to get the train from Trieste to Ljubljana, because I like trains and dislike buses. However, there are only 3 a day. Only one of these I could buy a ticket for in advance, others I had to buy on the train which I felt sceptical about. Then you have to change at Villa Opicina, apparently. Because the train cannot go over the nearby mountain, it actually has to go back up the coast, before turning around and going around the mountain … Continued

James Went To Trieste

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I read about Trieste a while back, I think in The Economist, and it intrigued me enough to have it on my “maybe visit” list. Ljubljana was on my “definitely visit” list, and I realised that I could combine the two – fly to Trieste and then either get the train or a bus to Ljubljana. And with Ryanair having some seriously cheap flights there, it was game on. Trieste is definitely less Italian than other places in Italy that I’ve been, for multiple reasons. It only became part of Italy after World War 1, prior to that it was … Continued

James Went To Sarajevo

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Yeah I’m running out of European countries to visit, and Sarajevo was on my list of places to visit – the capital of Bosnia. There is more to it than a weird 1st world addiction to ticking off countries, as I’m quite fascinated by geopolitics, and Bosnia is somewhere I’ve seen history happen in my lifetime. Plus I rather like this area of the world, having visited Belgrade, Zadar, Skopje and Split – the scenery can be stunning, especially the Croatian coast. Bosnia was on my to-do list for more than the purpose of ticking off another country. The Challenges … Continued