Category: Wanderlust
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Selsø Slot (Castle), Denmark
Note: The photos are from various times from 2007-2017 and the camera quality varies. But they tell the story of Selsø Slot and also reflect all my visits there. Selsø Slot is a very traditional example of a Danish Castle – plain, simple, purposeful – with a history going back to 1100s although its current…
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Bodie, California ghost town
I’m a sucker for Old West films and history. The visuals, the stories, the people, the challenges, the wins – I find them all so fascinating. So when I saw a friend post a photo of Bodie, a ghost town in California I’d never heard of, I knew I had to make the trek and…
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La Serena Villas, Palm Springs
I’d been going to Palm Springs for years and mainly kept returning to the Palm Parker. But after a while it began to feel like an overpriced Instagrammers Hipster Hideaway where I felt less at ease and rested. A friend had recently visited Palm Springs and met a husband and wife duo behind the new…
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Karen Blixen’s Danish House
A visit to the life-long home of one of my favourite authors and inspirations, Karen Blixen. Her charming, cosy home in Denmark from which she wrote Out Of Africa is beautiful both inside & out. Read more about her and see her home.
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Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
One of my favourite day trips from Copenhagen, Frederiksborg Slot in Hillerød. Built in the 17th century by King Christian IV on the shores of Lake Slotso, it’s the largest Renaissance complex in the Nordic region. Its rich history, architectural beauty, and stunning setting make it worth the 40min train trip from Copenhagen. The castle complex…
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Petersham Nursery, Richmond UK
If you’re in London, I highly recommend an easy day trip by train and foot to Petersham Nursery in Richmond. Originally established as a small nursery by Gael and Francesco Boglione in the 1970\’s in the historic walled garden of Petersham House (a 17th-century home they purchased and is well worth a look in this…
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My favourite suitcase & travel gear
As an avid traveller who clocks a lot of inflight miles a year, I\’ve come to learn what suitcases, organizers and gear really works. Here are my tried and true favourites.
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Santa Barbara, California
As a true vegabond I\’ve never lived long in any one place with one exception: two years in Santa Barbara California. Now as a favourite weekend getaway, I share some of my favourite places to stay, shop, eat & see.
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Palihouse Hotel, Santa Monica
It\’s no secret that Santa Monica, California is one of my favourite cities in the world. And although I might move away from time to time for work, I always return to it, and I always return to one area in particular – West of Wilshire and just blocks off Ocean. One of my homes…
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Château de Chambord & Chenonceau
For my birthday I decided to go back to one of my favourite places in France: The Loire Valley.
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Amsterdam Guide
For a city I had never had the desire to visit, I came away from Amsterdam completely smitten.
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Copenhagen Guide
If a city could feel both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time to me, it would be Copenhagen. I know the city so well from so much time spent there yet I\’ve despite all the connections, I\’ve never lived there. And while I run a site called, Hygge House, and am half-Danish, truthfully, there\’s…
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Packing for Summer Travels
Next week I am headed home to Denmark and, as I do with every trip, began planning about a week ago to make sure I have the right gear and clothes for the trip.My thought process behind deciding what to bring was to ask myself will it: help me look like a local work for…
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San Ysidro Ranch, California
For years I’d been reading about the legendary San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California in all the top travel lists. For my birthday this year, I decided to finally book the Tangerine bungalow – an ocean view, stand alone, private cottage. The 1300sf historic and very private bungalow (there are 38) came with an…
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Home is where the head is.
‘Home’ is a very subjective word for me. Having moved a lot as a child and having lived all over the world since I was 18, home has either meant nothing, a house, a cottage, a mansion, an estate, a bed, a backpack, a desire, a hotel, a beach, a tent, a greyhound bus, a…
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My Philadelphia
Some people dream of Paris in the springtime; I\’d always dreamt of Pennsylvania in the fall. So when Philadelphia based Anthropologie asked me to lead their first ever efforts its social media and community back in 2009, I didn\’t know what made me more excited – working with them or the fact they were in…
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Running away to Europe
Vianden Castle, Luxembourg. Photo by Alex Europe Shananigans from alex beauchamp on Vimeo.A little video made and edited by me of a spur of the moment spring trip back to London, Luxembourg and Paris. Here are some links to the places stayed and and transportation used:Flight: British Airways Business Class, which they call Club World…
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Travelling With Pets
Since I travel a lot and own both a cat and a dog, I\’m often asked what happens to them. Do they travel, too?Why yes they do!I\’m a huge believer that both pets and children can be great travellers if exposed early enough and done the right way. When I first got my cat Grace,…