My blog fell off a cliff last year, mainly due to: Getting out of a habit of posting Buying a house that needs full renovation Buying a van which needs full renovation in order to transform it into a motorhome camper I’ve documented the whole journey on our Instagram page @Athena.Camper where you’ll find photos […]
Europe
7 Things No One Tells You About The Greek Island Santorini
Santorini is a beautiful location, there is a reason it is a destination that everyone talks about and recommends, but it is massively over hyped. I’ve been to busy destinations, but if there is one place that tourists are ruining, it is Santorini. I wanted to check it off my bucket list having seen so […]
Three Days in Santorini, Greece – Honeymoon Part 2
Day 1 After three days in Athens for part 1 of our honeymoon, we headed to the Greek island of Santorini. Santorini has been on my bucket list for a long time and it is just as beautiful as in the pictures. We booked to stay in Oia in the north of the island with it’s […]
Three Days in Athens, Greece – Honeymoon Part 1
Day 1 We arrived at our Air B&B to be greeted by the Acropolis. It’s probably the most impressively cheap view in the city we could have found and I could have stared out of that window all day or night! It was a prime location, just 30 seconds from Monastiraki Square and station which meant […]
Santorini, Greece Holiday Video
Sometimes pictures just don’t quite do it justice, so here’s our 3 1/2 days on the beautiful Greek island Santorini in video form! We stayed in a cave apartment in the village of Oia in the North of the island with it’s iconic blue domes and white buildings, tiny streets and sunsets that people wait […]
The Best Joint Hen/Stag Do in Budapest
Jack and I decided quite early that we wanted to do a joint hen/stag do (aka a hag, sten or whatever else you want to call it). We have a lot of mixed friends and we wanted to bring everyone together to celebrate in Budapest; a city we fell in love with during our Europe […]
The 10 Best Things To Do in Montmartre, My Favourite Area of Paris.
Paris is beautiful, the architecture the breathtaking, the artwork is to die for and everyone is in love. Or something like that. Just up from our hotel, (the one with the best wallpaper in the world; The Hotel Josephine) is the beautiful area of Montmartre which has quickly become my favourite area of Paris. The […]
The Day I Got Proposed to on a Rooftop in Iceland.
In light of the Royal Wedding it got me thinking more about my own wedding and reminiscing about my proposal in Iceland last year. It caught me off guard so much that it then turned into quite an amusing story. New Years Eve in Iceland is a huge family event, with community bonfires and giant […]
Top 10 Best Views of the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is one of the world’s most iconic and recognised buildings. Measuring 324 metres or 1,063 ft tall it dominates the skyline from every angle of the city. The Eiffel Tower was also the second most Instagrammed place in the world in 2017. Construction started in 1887 and was completed just two years […]
The Day I Touched a Monet Painting
Our recent visit to Paris brought up one of my Mum’s favourite travel stories. When I was little, my parents took me on a trip to Paris where upon arriving, we visited the Musée de l’Orangerie the home of Monet’s Waterlilies. These incredible paintings are a series of around 250 pieces inspired by Monet’s own […]