If there’s any blog post written in 2020 that doesn’t start with something about the global pandemic… well, it wasn’t written in 2020. I’ll only say this - we had very different plans for this year (didn’t everyone?!). I kicked it off all excited about all the plans we had (just see this)… and then none of it happened.

I’ve been saying it so much recently that ONE DAY I’ll go back to Iceland and here I am - 10 years have passed since I first visited this island and I finally got a change to do it again.

Here it comes - an overview of our trip with all details, tips and recommendations you might need! You can also find all the other details about Georgian food, what to see in Tbilisi and the Caucasus here.

Next in the series of our memories from Georgia, a short guide to all the pretty corner of Tbilisi. All of the other posts from Georgia, including the beautiful photo album from the Caucasus Mountains, a guide to Georgian cuisine and a full road trip itinerary (coming soon!).

When people asked us why do we want to travel to Georgia so much, one of our answers was: the food. True, Georgian cuisine might not be very known to the rest of the world but in Poland you can get it quite a lot and boy, is it good! So no, it wan’t the first time for us trying Georgian food but the truth is, none of our previous experiences can even compare to what we’ve had a chance to taste during our trip.

Aka the craziest, most spontaneous, unbelievable and definitely the cheapest trip to date. But how did that happen? As I remember it , there wasn't really a plan for that. There was a slightly bored me in the middle of my gap year (between high school and university) scrolling through Fly4Free looking for an inspiration for the next trip.

It is true that moving to London involves a vicious circle of dependancies and it’s very easy to get lost and frustrated in the process. A very good example: you need a bank account in order to rent a flat but you can’t open a bank account if you don’t have a permanent address in the UK… What the actual f**k?!

I don’t really have good memories from Morocco. I guess I was just too young, too naive and too idealistic to travel there by myself but the fact is that the reality hit me hard. I ended up with wrong people, was completely disregarded and disrespected as a woman, as a European, as an atheist, even as a vegetarian I was at the time.

I got really sentimental lately writing all the throwback post about my first big journeys but it’s the last week’s post about Iceland that really got me the blues. As I already mentioned here, Iceland is where I left my heart many years ago and no other places in the world has managed to win over it by now.

I really don’t remember how it came to me, I just know that one day being 16 years old I knew that my biggest dream was to go to Iceland. The only thing I knew about Iceland then was Bjork and Eyjafjallajökull and I didn’t know one single person who’s been there or even planned to go.

This is where it all started.
This is exactly when and where I got my travel bug and when the decision was made that I’m going places - January 2010 in a small town of Amasya hidden between the mountains in the central-northern part of Turkey.

We’ve been planning this little getaway ever since we moved to London but were waiting for a sunny day to do that… 8 months later it finally happened. It was a short 1-day roundtrip but perfectly enough to get a taste of the city and see everything you want to see.

If the the current springtime wherever you are feels more like fall at the moment (as it is the case in London) and just gives you the blues… Well, I find that there’s nothing better to lift me up than some sunny music.

S o b e a u t i f u l.
I can’t remember last time I was so impressed with just how beautiful a city is (perhaps the first time I visited Paris years ago). I know we got lucky with the weather (almost no rain and beautiful sunshine for the whole weekend) and did choose a charming season to visit (full spring = the city covered in blossoms and very little tourists), but I do believe you will be as impressed no matter when you visit.

Surprisingly, or not at all, there is a certain way to do things in Cuba as a tourist and a certain set of rules you’re expected to follow. No matter how hard you try, it is really hard to get rid of the tourist tag you get and just go your own way.

So this is the way we travel - we wander. Prior to our trip I of course plan a bit ahead, prepare a Google map with some landmarks to see, or particular spots I would like to pass by, some restaurant recommendations I have… but the principal is just to walk around and see where we get.

Coming back from our trip to Cuba (you can read all about it here), we had a chance to stop for one day in Mexico City. It was a conscious choice and I couldn’t be more excited about it (Thomas needed some convicts though…). Verdict? We can’t wait to plan another and this time longer trip to Mexico!

Living in London is great (yes, and you hear it from me, who’s been complaining about living in Paris for the last 3 years). It does have its obvious downsides though - it’s expensive, crowded, polluted… well, nothing new really but definitely enough to make you feel like you need a break once in a while.

We didn’t travel much last year. Well, we knew we would be moving countries towards the end of the year and that needed some extra savings. This time has passed now (fortunately) and we’re successfully and happily moved to London (the best decision we could have made!), so the travelling bug is kicking in strong again.

When I first learned that we’ll have an opportunity to spend 1 day in Mexico City on our way back from Cuba, I obviously got the most excited about finally trying the real-deal Mexican food (sic!).

Voila. Here you go. You’re welcome. You’ll never be hungry in Paris again.

Looking to escape winter in December, you can’t go wrong with Andalusia and neither did we. It is always sunny, the landscapes are absolutely beautiful, the food delicious and road-tripping is just so much fun.