The Isle of Arran – exploring the King’s Caves

After our tour around Glen Rosa and its waterfall, we headed back to the car. It still hadn’t started to…

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A weekend in Mariazell

Mariazell is a well-known pilgrimage site since 1157. In that year a monk arrived here with a wooden statue of…

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Arriving in Tours

Tours was already our last stop on the Plantagenet trip and after enjoying two nights in an apartment in Poitiers,…

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Fontevraud Abbey – a must-see for history lovers

After a quick first overview of Fontevraud Abbey, to get the lay of the land so to speak, we could…

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Arriving at Fontevraud Abbey

The bus from Saumur took less than an hour to get to Fontevraud Abbey and without further ado we walked…

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Enjoying a couple of days in Tamarindo

Tamarindo, or Tamagringo as the locals call it, came highly recommended. This was the reason why I booked myself into…

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Spending three days in Tortuguero

My decision on coming to Tortuguero happened because someone told me that this was one of the best places they…

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