Island Hopping in Bavaria

Starting southeast of Munich, a good gateway airport (hint: rental cars are usually much cheaper in the city than at the airport), and traveling west by road or rail: 1] Herrenchiemsee Island with...

Stena Edda - Poetry in Motion

This blog follows a round trip journey aboard Stena Edda, a vessel which primarily operates on Stena Line's Birkenhead (Liverpool) / Belfast route which is where I caught up with her. Why call...

Côte des Dunes - the Finest Sand Sculpture

Cote des Dunes (dune coast) is a magnificent DFDS ferry operating on the Calais to Dover route and is formerly the SeaFrance ferry Rodin (named after Francois Augusta Rene Rodin), the French...

Stena Horizon - Mirrored Simplicity

Stena Horizon is one of many visually similar Italian built Cantiere Navale di Visentini ships operating in European waters today. Being cheap to run, their large vehicle capacity and their...

Normandie - the Kingdom of Horses, at Sea!

Brittany Ferries Normandie has always been a firm favourite of mine; featuring all the benefits of a 'cruise ferry' but with the small ship feel. And, with a crossing time of between six and seven...

Crossing The Darien Gap

So travelling or getting to any of these towns are logistically hard and tricky and come with there own question when booking a means to get to hem. Firstly they are both in troubled regions of each...