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Albania – What to wear?

It’s Saturday – and as of 2026 that means Travel Fit day on wanderlustandarucksack. This week’s country, keeping in theme with the Balkans as mentioned last week, is Albania. First Travel Fit Saturday Post Available here: Travel Outfit Advice for Girls Going to the BalkansNote: We’re seeing how long this lasts. The aim…

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Travel Outfit Advice for Girls Going to the Balkans

Full disclosure: did not expect to be doing any kind of fashion travel advice but since my post on what to wear as a girl travelling to North Macedonia is now one of my top posts, I thought I’d give it a go and dive deeper into the packing/fashion side of travel. First…

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My Best Travel Experiences of 2025

Okay, quick sum up of the year now that this year’s travel adventures are done. Best New Experience of 2025 – Solo Travelling Solo travelling is definitely trending on social media right now. And not without good reason. I loved my month away by myself, and made so many friends who inspired me…

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Prague at Christmas

Prague is one of the best European cities to visit at Christmas – a stunning market, amazing warm food and complete Christmas vibes. I spent (I have to admit) a little longer there than I probably needed to but overall had a great travel week again – going off my usual pattern of…

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Serbia: A Guide for the Girls Travelling

One of the countries I visited this summer was Serbia, and I have to say it was a slightly different experience to my travel in other Balkan countries. I was with my friend at this point, which I was quite grateful for due to the difficulty we had with some of the transport….

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Your Backpacker Guide to Budapest

I loved Budapest and intend to return with some of my friends ASAP. It had an amazing culture, felt safe to travel around, good public transport links, plenty of activities, lively nightlife, tasty food. Genuinely, what more could I want from a city? I was in Budapest solo travelling for a bit before…

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What you need to know for Zagreb, Croatia

By my third time visiting Croatia, I decided that I really needed to move away from simply the beach cities like Zadar, Dubrovnik and Split and go to it’s capital. Zagreb has a totally different atmosphere to the beach cities but it’s a fantastic few days you can explore Croatian culture a little…

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Your one-stop guide to planning your Montenegro trip

Saying it now – Montenegro is one of my favourite countries in Europe. It’s well travelled enough that it feels safe but it’s still plenty undiscovered enough that you can interact with locals, most people are staying at the same hostels and the bus routes are so easy to travel round the country…

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The Most Unique Religious Buildings to Travel to in Europe

1. La Mezquita de Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain) I visited La Mezquita de Cordoba on a two-week trip around Southern Spain, and seeing the mosque was one of the highlights, and definitely well worth adding Cordoba into your trip for. The mosque has been used as both a mosque and a church and the…

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