by Mary | Jul 8, 2026 | Europe
In May, we spent a glorious 5 days in Luxembourg. Why Luxembourg for a city break? It wasn’t on my radar until I saw it featured in a Times travel article on affordable city breaks, and after more research, the variety of things to do appealed to me. So we...
by Mary | Jul 27, 2025 | Europe, Wildlife
A slightly crazy weekend in June 25 saw us fly to the Eastern side of Finland to watch brown bears in their native environment! You can read more about the bears we saw in this post, but I thought it would be useful to share the logistics of the weekend and what...
by Mary | Jul 20, 2025 | Europe, Wildlife
Wow – what an experience! It sounds a little crazy to travel to the far side of Finland from the UK just for a weekend, but honestly, it was so worth it. In just two nights, we saw around 20 different bears in their natural forest habitat. If you love getting up...
