: About Me

I started my travel business Europe a la Carte in 2002. I love travelling and I believe that you can see much more of the real country if you avoid the tourist traps. I wanted to assist other travellers to get more our of their trip by promoting less well known destinations in Europe.

My passion is ...

travel in Europe

I know too much about ...

I think it is more of case of I know too little about..

My childhood ambition ...

to be a ballet dancer

My favorite memory ...

meeting my husband

Why I write ...

because i enjoy it and to promote my travel business

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

always doing research for my destination guides

My first job ...

working in my Dad's toy and book shop

My best moment ...

giving birth to our twin sons

Travel > Europe Destinations (Other) Tips for traveling off the well worn tourist track in Europe

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When I travel in Europe I want to get some flavour of my destination, not just be another tourist among the tourist throng, lurching from one tourist trap to the next. When I say getting off the beaten track I don't mean roughing it half way up a mountain. I mean thinking about a destination that will offer what you want, just not so full of tourists, over priced and over commercialised, I'll give you some examples. The budget airlines choice of obscure and/or distant airports can sometimes work to your advantage. The low cost carrier Ryanair uses Bergamo Orio al Serio as their Milan airpo...

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