The Art of Slow Travel

Slow Travel Germany: George on how teaching in a little German village changed her life

Den Den — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:45:11 +0000

This is a guest post by Georgina over at George Going Down for the ‘How do you slow travel?’ series. If you would like more information about this series or want to submit your own guest post, click here. My family didn’t have much money growing up and as such our summer holiday every year [...]

Picture Perfect: Images of Gozo, Maltese Islands

Den Den — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:00:56 +0000

This post is part of a new series entitled ‘Picture Perfect’, published because of my wish to showcase some beautiful travel shots from around the world which didn’t quite make it into regular blog posts or which tell a story on their own and need few words, if any, to describe them. Having visited Gozo [...]

Buildings on Aesthetic Steroids: The Hofburg, Vienna

Den Den — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:00:33 +0000

*Cue atmospheric instrumental music. Switch on fog machine, set on low. Imagine Anthony Bourdain’s sexy low voice, though actually it’s me, Denise, but his voice sounds much nicer.* …Where am I? Is this a dream? Everywhere I turn metallic green statues of proud men on horses gaze at me from their high pedestals. Buildings so [...]

Travel Photo Roulette, Round 35: Blue

Den Den — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:00:46 +0000

I am delighted to have won round 34 of Travel Photo Roulette, hosted at My Walkabout. The winning shot for the theme ‘Winter’ is one which has always been close to my heart. It was taken during my very first Winter in Switzerland where I have been living for a little over two years now, [...]

Vienna: More time, less phlegm

Den Den — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:00:41 +0000

Every trip we take automatically becomes associated with something. For me, Seoul conjures up images of spicy food and super-trendy youths. Budapest makes me think of cold, Art Nouveau, and more cold. Did I mentioned the cold? Bali reminds me of pools, and crashing waves, and bad food. And Vienna will, unfortunately, forever be associated [...]

Slow Travel Spain: From Extremadura to Andalusia and Beyond

Den Den — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00:11 +0000

This is a guest post by Will Peach and is part of The Art of Slow Travel’s ‘How do you slow travel?’ series. Will Peach is one of the site editors over at Gap Daemon, the gap year travel website for backpackers and young travellers. You can also find him offering suggestions on “what to [...]

A Girl’s Guide to Shopping in the United Kingdom

Den Den — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:29:23 +0000

Editor’s note: This is a guest post The shopping in the United Kingdom is well worth a vacation planned around it. The first stop you will make once arriving at Heathrow Airport would definitely be heathrow airport parking with its convenient meet and greet airport parking lot. Then head out to spend your hard earned [...]

Picture Perfect: Glimpses of the Maltese Coastline

Den Den — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:00:12 +0000

Slow Bali Wrap up: Itinerary, budget and more

Den Den — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:00:31 +0000

Editor’s note: This post is peppered with links to other posts (on this blog) and resources about Bali. Click on the bold blue text to explore them. Boyfriend and I spent 2 full weeks on the island of Bali, and while we travelled as slow as one can possibly get, we still managed to see [...]

Slow Travel Sri Lanka: Natalie Lyall-Grant on travelling slowly and connecting with locals

Den Den — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:00:24 +0000

New Year, new series! I’m really excited to kick of the ‘How do you slow travel series’ with a guestpost by Natalie Lyall-Grant from Girl and the World, which seeks to highlight stories of fellow travellers and their slow travel adventures around the world. If you would like to participate, click here for more information. [...]