Tallinn in Winter: What to Expect and When to Visit
Tallinn in winter can mean snowy medieval streets and Christmas lights — or rain, sleet and icy wind. Here’s what winter in Tallinn is really like, from a local.
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Tallinn Christmas Market 2026: A Local’s Guide
Planning a Christmas trip to Tallinn? This local guide covers everything you need to know about Tallinn Christmas Market, from opening times and traditional Estonian food to prices, practical tips and what else to see and do in Tallinn.
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Driving from Greece to Estonia: Our Europe Road Trip via Albania and Italy
Six weeks on the road, 13 countries and 10,500 kilometres with our 12-year-old Alice. Our journey home from Greece took us through Albania, across the Adriatic to Italy and on an unexpected late-night visit to Venice.
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Greece | Destinations | Europe
4 Weeks in Greece: Exploring the Peloponnese
We spent four weeks on Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula, using the small village of Chrani as our base. From there, we explored the region by car, visited some of its most interesting sights and discovered what the Peloponnese is really like outside the main tourist season.
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Greece | Destinations | Europe
Driving from Estonia to Greece – a Europe road trip with our 12-year-old dog
We drove from Estonia to Greece with Alice, our 12-year-old Newfoundland. What was supposed to be a relaxed road trip with three overnight stops quickly went off track when our car broke down in Poland. Six days later, we finally reached the Peloponnese – with a few unexpected adventures and quite a few lessons learned along the way.
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How we got robbed in our sleep, rammed on the highway and escaped the riots in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic wasn’t exactly the classic all-inclusive holiday for us. We rented a car, drove around the island, discovered incredible beaches and places we probably never would have seen on a package holiday — and along the way, had a few experiences we definitely wouldn’t have added to the itinerary ourselves.
One car accident and one robbery later, we certainly had plenty to say about the Dominican Republic.
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We Sold Our Home. What Comes Next?
The idea of selling my childhood home had been with us for years, but the actual decision happened in a single morning. Two months later, we had moved from a 150 m² house into a 23.8 m² apartment and were getting ready to fly to Latin America on a one-way ticket.
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Why Colombia? The question we get asked most about our trip.
Why Colombia? The honest answer is that it was the cheapest place for us to fly to. But the more we researched the country, the more reasons we found to stay. 41 days, nine stops, mountains, jungle, the Caribbean Sea — and a few more frogs than I’d like.
