10 Free Things to do in Krakow

Wawel River early morning, Krakow

Krakow is an interesting city with a real sense of the old world fighting to embrace the new.  There are plenty of trips and experiences that will part you from your cash from hot air balloon flights to fascinating salt mines. So here are 10 things to do for free when the Zloty is running low.

The Shipbuilding Legacies of Glasgow and the Isle of Wight

As Glasgow prepares for the Commonwealth Games, I take a look at what my birth place and my adopted home on the Isle of Wight have in common. 

Your immediate thought on that might be absolutely nothing or at least very little.  But apart from the fact that I grew up in Glasgow and now live on the Isle of Wight, there is another similarity.

10 Free Things to do in Paris

There’s no getting away from it, Paris is a beautiful, interesting and historic city with some of the world’s best museums, art galleries and architecture. But boy! Is it expensive. So I’ve put together a list of 10 things you can do for free in Paris.

Let me know if you try any of them on your next trip or know of any others that you'd like me to include.

10 Free Things to do in Glasgow

Despite having lived in Glasgow for many years, it was only when I went back as a visitor that I realised what Glasgow had to offer.

Below is my top 10 list of free things to do in Glasgow at any time of year.

1. Gallery of Modern Art

Gallery of Modern Art with Coned Duke of Wellington

So That's What They Mean by Glamping

It was late autumn in Pembrokeshire and I’d been looking forward to this new camping experience.  This wasn’t just camping. This was posh camping, or what they call ‘glamping’.  

Inside the Dome Tent

The Weird and Wonderful Wildlife in New Zealand

We sniffed the air and looked knowingly at each other.  Having spent many hours beach-combing over the last month or so, we were now familiar with the fishy stench of  rock coloured fur seals basking in camouflage on large boulders.

Invercargill to Lake Matheson and Keas

Mirror Lake aka Lake Matheson

I love the way New Zealand promotes its natural features.  Take, for example, Mirror Lake. There must be hundreds of mirror lakes all over the world but only in New Zealand have I experienced a lake with a coach stop, dedicated walks with photo opportunites, leaflets and even its very own website.

New Zealand’s Mirror Lake is officially known as Lake Matheson and is situated in the Westland National Park on the road from Te Anau to Milford and it really is worth taking the 90 minute walk around the lake which is overlooked by Mt Cook and Fox Glacier.