• 50 things I’ve learnt

    50 things I’ve learnt

    If you’ve ever experienced the Sunday Scaries (the anxiety of having to show up for another…

  • Ugly feet

    Ugly feet

    Aside from KGB history I have been clocking my steps around the city visiting Fat Margaret…

  • Soviet Estonia

    Soviet Estonia

    In 1972 the Hotel Viru was the only place you could stay as a foreigner in…

  • A city on two legs

    A city on two legs

    I feel like I’ve found my groove again – there’s emergency Redbull in the fridge and…

  • A culinary Finn

    A culinary Finn

    I used to think that my usual diet meant that I was Italian in another life,…

  • Finnish Lapland

    Finnish Lapland

    Saariselkä feels worlds away, almost like the Urho Kekkonen National Park could be found by stepping…

  • The FONC

    The FONC

    TW: Creeps and why women will always choose the bear Sigh, if it’s one thing that’s…

  • Omtanka

    Omtanka

    Couldn’t resist turning a good thing into a habit and now I have the most intense…

  • Swedish Massage

    Swedish Massage

    Back in the only country of this tour that I have actually visited (and lived in)…

  • Lejre and hall of the Kings

    Lejre and hall of the Kings

    God help me if anyone asks what Copenhagen is like because I keep leaving. I have…