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Visiting Heilbronn, Germany - Where to Stay and What to Do
by Amanda Kendle
Heilbronn is a medium-sized town in south-western Germany, sitting on the Neckar River midway between Heidelberg and Stuttgart. It might not be famous as a tourist magnet, but if you want to experience a... published 2 years ago
3 days in Singapore - The perfect itinerary
by Amanda Kendle
Singapore is a great place for a short stopover holiday on the way to somewhere else. With Changi International Airport being a hub for flights in and out of Australasia, a three day break can both help you... published 2 years ago
Train Travel in Wintry Finland
by Amanda Kendle
Finland isn’t the cheapest of destinations, even with the convenience of the Euro. Accommodation, activities and food costs can really eat up a lot of your Finnish travel budget. That’s why I... published 2 years ago
Hard History: Visiting the Auschwitz Concentration Camp Site
by Amanda Kendle
You’ve learnt about it in history class, and you’ve seen it in movies, but nothing prepares you for the reality of visiting the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camp site in southern Poland.... published 2 years ago
Germany’s Most Famous Castle: Schloss Neuschwanstein
by Amanda Kendle
Ask a tourist – especially some of my Japanese students when they turn into snap-happy tourists – and they’ll likely tell you that the most famous landmark in Germany is Schloss... published 2 years ago
Sainte Chapelle’s Stained Glass, Paris
by Amanda Kendle
To say Paris is a romantic city is really not just a cliche: I could take holidays there every year (if only a fairy godmother would pay!). And while everybody gets to famous spots like the Eiffel Tower there... published 17 months ago
Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum in Vietnam
by Amanda Kendle
Regular readers might start to think I have an obsession with seeing dead bodies: I did, after all, rather enjoying visiting Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow. And this time round I want to tell you about my... published 16 months ago
An Austrian winter retreat at Hundertwasser's Bad Blumau spa
by Amanda Kendle
The Rogner-Bad Blumau Spa Resort south of Vienna is the kind of funky design, high concept hotel and spa complex that tends to get featured on travel shows and in magazines a lot – but the kind of... published 2 years ago
Swiss Niagara: The Rheinfall Waterfalls Near Schaffhausen
by Amanda Kendle
They may not be as famous as the Niagara Falls, but the Rheinfall waterfalls near Schaffhausen, northern Switzerland, are as important to the locals: they are the biggest waterfalls in Europe. Biggest might be... published 18 months ago
Attending a Sumo Wrestling Tournament in Japan
by Amanda Kendle
You might think sumo wrestling is just a bunch of really fat guys throwing each other around; and in a way you’d be right. But watching a sumo tournament is a fantastic quintessential Japanese... published 2 years ago










