If you're from the UK, you'll know that this Sunday 8 November 2009 is Remembrance Sunday, when we honour and remember the living and dead who fought for Britain in both the First and Second world wars as well as

Concentration camps are not fun places to visit while on vacation. They are interesting. They are educational. They are depressing. They are not fun. And I have now visited two of them since moving to Europe. Gross-Rosen in Poland, and

The beautiful Estonian capital of Tallinn has long been one of my favourite cities, and I've just come across a reason to return for my third visit: the Kalev Chocolate Museum.Open in the inner city since 2003, the museum documents

Last week I wrote about the Lotr ak Tower in Zagreb. Today, I'm writing about another local landmark situated just a few paces from the tower, the Stone Gate.Locally known as Kamenita Vrata, this is the only surviving medieval town

This afternoon I attended the Opening of the Open Exhibition at Berwick upon Tweed's Gymnasium Gallery. The exhibition showcases the works of artists and designers living in the local regions of North East England and the Scottish Borders. The exhibition

In this guest post, Margaret Doherty gets a taste of the high life in the Swiss Bernese Oberland."The spectacular mountains, valleys and lakes of Switzerland's Bernese Oberland have been on the tourist trail since the Grand Tourists first discovered the

I hadn't been to Spain in about 10 years so on my recent trip to Madrid, I was looking forward to seeing what had changed and what hadn't. Well, the sunny Spanish weather was still there, as well as the

If you're in London and would like to be magically transported back by candlelight through the centuries to a Christmas in 18th century East London, then visit the Dennis Severs House in Shoreditch. The house is set in a Georgian

I'm off to Tuscany for a week at the end of November 2009. I'll be staying in Pisa, Florence and Lucca. If you have any tips on what I should do and see in this area, please leave a comment

Uppsala Domkyrka, the 13th century cathedral, is the tallest church in Scandinavia. Riding in to Uppsala on the train from Stockholm, the cathedral, as well as Uppsala Castle, can be seen in the distant. The spires make for an imposing

The Europe a la Carte Blog Twitter competition (4) launches today. To win you have to correctly identify the location in the background photo of my @karenbryan Twitter page. I'll be giving clues on Twitter during the competition to help

There are many great free attractions in the Irish capital of Dublin. I visited three of them in October 2009 which I've described at the start of the post. Then I've listed some other free Dublin attractions with links.Free Dublin

Since my mother-in-law's just moved to live close to the Bodensee or Lake Constance as we English-speakers translate, I have been looking up all the sights that I missed exploring properly on my last trip. One of these which intrigues

While I've mentioned the Lotr ak Tower in passing before, I'm going to share a little more about one of my favourite landmarks in Zagreb today. The 13th century Lotr ak Tower is a resident of Zagreb's Upper Town. Back

One of Iceland's most popular outdoor natural attractions is Gullfoss Waterfall.It was icy underfoot on the day I visited in October 2009 so I shuffled along crossing my fingers that I wouldn't slip and fall in my quest to take

As I was wandering around Reykjavik, Iceland enjoying the sunshine and the views over CIty Hall Pond, I started chatted with Krzysztof Paterka. Krzysztof was in Reykjavik to take part in the 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships. He told me

I loved the Textile Art Exhibition by Heidi Strand which I chanced upon at the City Hall in Reykjavik during my visit to Iceland 19 - 22 October 2009 . I particularly liked the pieces portraying the birds and reindeer

It seems autumn has fallen rapidly upon us, so I thought to celebrate the season of woolly jumpers and warm drinks with a few ideas of where to see the autumn leaves. Most recommendations are best seen with a car,

When I was in Iceland earlier this week exploring Reykjavik I spotted a film crew in front of the Parliament building, Being nosy I wandered over to suss out what was happening. Hogni a musician from the Faroe Islands was

On 21 October there was a big party in Reykjavik, Iceland to start the selection process to find 100 lucky Icelanders to take a free trip to the Spanish Canary Islands in November 2009. The Mission Iceland phase of the