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Archive for category: Destinations

Articles about places I have visited, with personal impressions and suggestions, and a budget-focused angle.

  • Posing with the Foresta Lumina sign
     

    A week-end in Quebec’s Coaticook Valley

    19th September 2016 / Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

    When I told my childhood friend in Quebec that we should do something special to celebrate our 40 years of friendship, she suggested Coaticook, an area she knows well. Located in the valley of the […]

     
     
  • Bali rice fields,  Indonesia
     

    7 reasons why solo travel in Southeast Asia rocks!

    6th September 2016 / Asia, Destinations / 5 comments

    It’s already September which means only one thing for us northern travel nuts: time to start thinking about winter travel! If you’re like most people (sorry skiers) you’re imagining warm weather, sun, possibly sand and […]

     
     
  • Tagliatelle with chicken from Paludan Bogcafe (Copenhagen)
     

    Five good and cheap places to eat in Copenhagen

    23rd August 2016 / Denmark, Destinations, Europe / 0 comments

    From the time I entered my first café, it was obvious that finding cheap places to eat in Copenhagen would be a challenge. 77 DKK (about US$12) for a cappuccino and a rather unappetizing half […]

     
     
  • On the ferry from Idö to Västervik
     

    Småland: culture and nature in Sweden’s countryside

    16th August 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 2 comments

    Directly south of Stockholm, the Småland region has something for everyone, from cute pastel-coloured towns, to islands, glass factories, a castle, pine forests, rust-red cottages with white trim, even the hometown of Astrid Lindgren, the […]

     
     
  • Walking behind Seljalandsfoss waterfall, South Coast of Iceland
     

    Touring the South Coast of Iceland – a photo essay

    12th August 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Iceland / 0 comments

    Iceland is a young country in geological terms, only 20 million years old. The land is constantly changing. Volcano eruptions create lava fields. Bays and fjords fill up with ash. Islands are joined to the […]

     
     
  • Having the 2015 Nobel dinner at Stadshuskällaren, Stockholm
     

    Eating the 2015 Nobel dinner in Stockholm

    9th August 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 5 comments

    No doubt you’ve heard about the Nobel prize, but did you know that Alfred Nobel was a Swede and that the Nobel prizes (with the exception of the Peace prize) are awarded in Stockholm every […]

     
     
  • View of Stockholm from City Hall tower
     

    My 5 favourite things about Sweden

    2nd August 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 4 comments

    I knew little about Sweden when I arrived in the country last month. I imagined it would be pretty similar to Canada, a nordic first world country with good infrastructure and mostly middle-class people. And […]

     
     
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Since 2013, my mission is to give YOU, the 40+ solo traveller, the means and inspiration to travel safely on your own, stray off the beaten path, and have unusual adventures, all without breaking the bank!

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