Street Food Cartel Glasgow


Walking along the industrial street which was peppered with street art we weren't quite sure what we were letting ourselves in for. It was an unusual venue for dinner to say the least. But Read more

One Year as a Full Time Travel Blogger and Writer


As I write this from my bedroom office it's a year to the day I put down my pen at the end of my last exam of my university career. A month and a Read more

Where to Stay in Brighton, Vine Street Studios


I've written previously about my penchant for finding an amazing apartment or house instead of a hotel in certain destinations, and sometimes that can be as tough as searching for a proverbial needle in Read more

Brighton Street Art


Colourful, quirky, mysterious, creative, friendly, bright, eclectic. These are just a few words which immediately spring to mind when attempting to describe the city of Brighton, on England's southern coastline. Blinding sunshine and a sharp, Read more

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Views of Venice

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Emma Gray in Italy | 10 Comments

As I’ve written about before, Venice is the type of place you either love or hate and I’m definitely in the love camp so I wanted to share with you some of my favourite pictures taken in the city. Venice can be crowded with tourists, especially in the summer, but look beyond the clusters of people and admire the beauty of this charming city. It is definitely the less well known spots in the city that are the places I like the most.
Venice Gondola

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In Defense of the Cruise

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Emma Gray in Cruising, Travel Tales | 16 Comments

The subject of cruise holidays seems to be a bit like marmite- you either love them or you hate them. Everyone seems to have an opinion on cruises, and many people aren’t afraid to let their thoughts be heard. The latest Huffington Post article by Adrian Brijbassi entitled ‘Why You Should Never Go On a Cruise‘ is no exception.

The title immediately had my hackles up. I recently wrote about how I hate being told the proposed ‘right’ way to travel, and this article tells me what I shouldn’t be doing before I’ve even read the first sentence. However, I read it in it’s entirety and by the end I couldn’t agree with a single point the author had made. By far the most baffling point made in the article is Brijbassi saying that a cruise to the Galapagos is one of the few reasons he is glad cruises exist, which seems to be contradicting the whole point of his article.
In Defense of the Cruise

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My Favourite Places

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Emma Gray in France, Germany, Russia, Scotland, Travel Tales | 10 Comments

Any traveller will know that when you’ve been lucky enough to have visited many different places often people love to ask where has been your favourite. I know some people absolutely hate when people ask this question, but I don’t have a problem with it. It’s kind of a natural question I’d say.

Anyway, I always answer it that I could never pick just one place, so here are a few of my favourite places I’ve visited so far…

St. Petersburg, Russia

I was absolutely blown away by the time I spent in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. Russian history is utterly fascinating, and there’s something I find so intriguing about the country, culture and Russian people. I was also taken aback by the opulent and exciting architecture of some of the buildings in St. Petersburg and the surrounding areas.

The Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg, Russia

The Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood, by far my favourite building in St. Petersburg

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Natural Scotland in Pictures

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Emma Gray in Scotland | 8 Comments

As regular readers of my blog will know, I’m immensely proud of being Scottish and absolutely love my little country. It has a great mix of beautiful natural places and vibrant, exciting cities like Glasgow and Edinburgh. 2013 is the year of natural Scotland which aims to celebrate the immense natural beauty that Scotland has in abundance.

With that in mind, I wanted to share some of my favourite photos of natural Scotland with you…

Mealt Waterfall, Kilt Rock, Skye

Mealt Waterfall and Kilt Rock on the Isle of Skye

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The Right Way to Travel?

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Emma Gray in Travel Tales | 11 Comments

Travelling for leisure is a relatively new concept within the grand scheme of world history. That means that as humans we’re constantly refining what we deem to be the best ways to travel and the best things to see and do while we are in a foreign land.

Travel is ultimately different for everyone. One person’s preferred style of travel might be another’s version of hell. But there isn’t any hard and fast ‘correct’ way to travel, and the people who think there is, well, they bug me.

The Right Way to Travel

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Scenes from Stockholm Archipelago

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Emma Gray in Sweden | 7 Comments

Buildings in Stockholm Archipelago

Stockholm Archipelago contains a staggering 30,000 islands and islets approximately and is one of the most picturesque places I explored within the Baltic Sea. The colourful buildings in the main islands of the city looked beautiful against the different shades of blue in the calm sea. Read more

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