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A Long Weekend in Transylvania

WorldWideWill — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:49:34 +0000

Few regions in Europe stir the imagination quite like Transylvania. For many travellers the name alone conjures images of Gothic castles, misty forests and the enduring legend of Dracula. Yet beyond the folklore lies one of Europe’s most captivating and culturally rich regions; a landscape of medieval towns, vibrant cities and sweeping mountain scenery.

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Innsbruck Christmas Markets

WorldWideWill — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 15:46:43 +0000

With wonderful memories of the Christmas markets in Salzburg some years ago, I already had high expectations for Innsbruck. I was not disappointed. The markets in Innsbruck were just as traditional and Christmassy as I had hoped. A very heavy snowfall over Innsbruck just hours before our arrival, made it even more magical. Innsbruck is […]

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Riga Christmas Market

WorldWideWill — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 16:52:59 +0000

When you think about Christmas Markets one of the first images that springs to mind is wandering through an array of traditional wooden market stalls in a picturesque market square with the snow falling all around. The 2022 Riga Christmas market, located in Dome Square (Doma laukums) in the heart of the old town was […]

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WorldWideWill’s Return to Travel

WorldWideWill — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:42:41 +0000

After a difficult couple of years, and with no travelling outside the UK, I finally took to the skies again in early 2022 to resume my love of travel.

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My Bucket List

WorldWideWill — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:57:10 +0000

One thing I have been thinking about more and more in recent days recently is my bucket list. My original bucket list was quite short and many of those things I have now managed to achieve, and this made me feel that I needed to set some new goals.

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Life During Lockdown

WorldWideWill — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:22:07 +0000

These are extremely turbulent times that we are all currently facing, regardless of where we are in the world. A pandemic known as COVID-19 has effected almost every part of this world, halting almost all air traffic, closing restaurants, hotels, any kind of leisure or social facility as well as all non essential shops and business, in an effort to stop the spread of the virus.

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Bologna City Break

WorldWideWill — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 18:18:00 +0000

Italy is a country I find myself returning to time and time again, I don’t necessarily go back and visit the the same city every time though. Don’t get me wrong, I have been to both Rome and Venice more than once, but I do like to explore some of Italy’s other fantastic cities. For this trip I decided to visit a brand new city and found myself booking a Bologna City Break.

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Dusseldorf Christmas Market

WorldWideWill — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:35:00 +0000

This year I decided that I was going to visit the Salzburg Christmas markets, which I’ve been wanting to visit for a while now. I also decided that I would make a second Christmas market trip so that I could re-visit the Dusseldorf Christmas market to remind myself just how wonderful my first Christmas market experience was.

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Salzburg Christmas Market

WorldWideWill — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:32:00 +0000

This year I decided to visit two Christmas markets, one which I have visited before and also a brand new destination, Salzburg. Salzburg came highly recommended to me by a family member who had visited the Salzburg Christmas market a few years ago, and I thought a destination in the Alps would make a fantastic Christmas market location.

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WorldWideWill’s Top 5 European Christmas Market Breaks

WorldWideWill — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 17:48:34 +0000

The shorter days and colder nights can only mean one thing… it's nearly time for the Christmas Market season to begin. Over the next few weeks we will see the streets and market squares of the beautiful European cities come alive with Christmas spirit. Each year during the run up to Christmas I try to visit at least one European Christmas Market, but this year I have planned to visit two cities.

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