REVIEW | Hotel Indigo Bath

Summer 2023, my boyfriend Sam wanted to go back to London to visit some more of the city. We decided to tag on a visit to Bath to explore a bit more of the United Kingdom.

REVIEW | Sanadome Nijmegen

In June and July of 2023 we had a number of scorching hot weeks with temperatures above 30 degrees in Belgium and the Netherlands. My boyfriend and I really would like to go swimming somewhere to cool down a bit. Unfortunately all public pools where overcrowded and we didn´t feel like squeezing ourselves in. I…

REVIEW | The Westin Nova Scotian Halifax

In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…

REVIEW | Hyperion Basel

October 2022. As we wanted to test Trenitalia‘s Frecciarossa 1000 service from Paris to Milan, we planned a rail trip around it. From Antwerp to Paris with Thalys, the ‘Red Arrow’ to Milan and once in Italy continuing to Trieste and Bologna. The return trip took us to Basel in Switzerland to enjoy SBB‘s panoramic…

REVIEW | Air Canada Economy Montreal to Halifax

In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…

REVIEW | Lufthansa Premium Economy Munich to Montreal

In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…

REVIEW | Brussels Airlines Brussels to Munich in Economy

In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…

REVIEW | Grenshotel De Jonckheer

For the 92nd birthday of my boyfriend’s grandmother the family organised a birthday dinner in the well-known restaurant De Jonckheer in the Dutch bordertown of Ossendrecht. We decided to book a room in the adjacent hotel to have a drink at the meal and not worry about getting home after.

REVIEW | The renovated Thalys / Eurostar Red

On our way back from Paris to Antwerp we ‘lucked’ out on travelling on a newly refurbished Thalys train. The interior does indeed look much fresher and brighter than its predecessor.

REVIEW | InterContinental Paris Le Grand

For my boyfriend’s 30th birthday I wanted to do something special and magical. As he had never visited Paris I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to visit the ‘Romantic‘ City of Lights. After hearing my friend Michel‘s raving stories of the InterContinental Paris Le Grand before it´s grand renovation I figured it was…