The Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are the kind of place you are thrilled to get to visit once in your life, like we were, over Christmas and New Year of 2013/14. Visiting once means you want to get it right in terms of what you take with you, the kind of trip […]
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Visiting L’Aquila: A Ruined City
L’Aquila is the capital of Italy’s Abruzzo region, 100km from Rome. It’s a beautiful town, set high up in the mountains, and it dates from the twelfth century. On the 6th April, 2009, an earthquake struck L’Aquila in the middle of the night, killing 308 people, damaging around 11,000 buildings, and rendering 65,000 people homeless. […]
Tips for Visiting Marrakech
A good friend of mine recently spent a few days in Marrakech, and asked if she could blog about it here on Finding the Universe. I was happy to say yes! So read on to find out more about what Monica and her Mum found to do in Marrrakech, and when you’re done, check out […]
No Hablo Espagnol: A Homestay.com Experience
When we went to a travel blogging conference in Dublin last year, we met some folks of an interesting new company, who built a website that lets you find and book homestays all over the world via the internet. But they are not just a search engine – their unique approach is that all the […]
Meet the natives: The Wildlife of the Galapagos in Photos
So, landscapes are all well and good, but really, what you want to see from the Galapagos are cute baby sea lion photos, am I right? Finding cute baby sea lions was definitely *not* a problem in the Galapagos, particularly on San Cristobal island, where we practically fell over them all the time, draped over […]
Where to Eat in Poznan
So we usually don’t do this, as avid readers might be aware. We don’t really talk a lot about restaurants and food on the blog. But I assure you, we do eat. And we enjoy it very much. And for reasons unknown to me, I more often than not document what we’re eating. Turns out […]
Improve your Photography in Berlin
Berlin! It’s one of my favourite cities in Europe for wandering around with a camera, snapping photos of such iconic landmarks as the Brandenburg Gate and the East Side Gallery. So when the time came to pick a location for the first Lightmoves Creative workshop of 2014, Berlin seemed to be the obvious choice! Wind […]
Witches and Sheep–more from Abruzzo
I spent a couple of days exploring the Abruzzo region following on from the TBD Italy travel bloggers conference. I’ve got a post coming shortly about my experience visiting the shattered town of L’Aquila – but first I’m going to share a couple of highlights from my wanders in this region. First, sheep. Now, let […]
Our Photography Gear: What I Actually Carry as a Working Travel Photographer
People ask us what camera gear we use almost every week, and the answer surprises a lot of them: it’s not the latest and greatest. I’ve been a working travel photographer since 2010, I’ve been a Vanguard Ambassador for years, and I’ve been using Peak Design products since 2015. The kit on this page is […]
In Photos: Landscapes of the Galapagos
Over Christmas and New Year 2013 we had the pleasure of spending nearly three weeks exploring the incredible Galapagos islands, thanks to a collaboration with Galapagos tour experts GalaKiwi. I knew that the wildlife of the Galapagos was going to be epic (post featuring cute sea lions to follow!), but regular readers of this site […]