After a particularly bad year at school followed by an even worse summer, I pulled a classic chick-flick move and took off solo on a backpacking-to-find-myself-trek across Europe. There were both ups and downs of traveling alone, but one plus was that I got a lot of writing done.

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If you are yearning for all things festive then take a look at our guide to some of the best European Christmas markets. Europe has a wide range of Christmas markets so whether you are hankering after the ultimate Christmas tree topper or have just developed a strong liking for mulled wine and Christmas...

I'm in my office in Oslo, scribbling, wondering what to write. In a few hours I'm off on a business trip to Vienna - though not writing business :)

I'll be staying in Pension Nossek, my favourite Vienna B&B. In fact, it may be one of my favourites allround. It's on no. 17 Graben, a...

There was a little gravel path for pedestrians, and behind it were little patches of well kept grass and large bushes with some sort of pink flowers. Though there was a chain to prevent people from going on the grass, as well as a sign in Czech saying the same, we started straight for the green....

I'm getting homesick for travel, for places to shine despite their normality. Buying groceries in a May Berlin drizzle, knowing the next few days will also be cold and wet. Homesick for the apartment we always went in and out of in the rain, and how that added to its value. How it only had a paper...

Although I lived in Austria for many years, I never had the chance to visit the Vienna Prater. Towards the end of August 07 my husband had to attend a conference in Vienna, so he invited me and the children to come along with him. The kids welcome...

woah... so i've been back for over a month now, and never wrote about my trek across europe!

so when i last wrote, I was on a loooong train ride on the way to PRAGUE, czech republic. There were a bunch of older Americans in my car, who were going to be taking a cruise down the Danube. These people...