“There is no fun without risk” That’s the exact words that came from a fellow hiker on his descent from Swinica summit. We were just coming up to the section where the via ferrata chains began and this guy came flying down the steep slope with a big smile on his face and came to […]
If you go down to the woods today… you’re sure of a big surprise! Never has a truer word been spoken on this occasion. The plan: Get up and out for 4am, walk to Morskie Oko (not bus – Walk) go see the beautiful lake, climb up to Czarny Staw pod Rysami Lake, clamber back […]
Truth be told I had been stressing and worrying about our trip to Zakopane. After Martin told me we would be mountaineering and taking on the High Tatra Mountains I got straight onto google to read up about it… not such a great idea to be honest. Image after image showed dizzying views and terrifying […]
We have recently returned from our Christmas Market jaunt where we covered quite a few places, including Basel in Switzerland, Strasbourg and Colmar in France, Freiburg in Germany and Budapest in Hungary. They were all pretty fantastic to be honest but on this particular occasion Colmar Christmas Market was the best in our book! The […]
Is it day 3 already! We got up pretty early, ready to start the day and get out before the city got really busy. Times Square is a very different place early in the morning, you have the time and space to really look around and take in the big theatre signs, fashion bill boards […]
If there is one piece of advice I can give you, it’s this… pack a good pair of trainers/walking shoes, it will make a world of difference! Our first full day in New York included a 20 mile trek, this wasn’t our initial intention, we were very bleary eyed and slightly aching from our previous […]