Travel story: Partying Like it’s 1922

9 March 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

It was your typical rainy day in Dublin and after a day filled with adventures and walks, it was time for a party. Time to dress up! Feathers in my hair, a black flapper dress, silk gloves that reached my elbows and pearls adorning my neck. My dancing shoes were polished and shining. Boyfriend was […]

The Traveling Bookclub: March

7 March 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

The traveling bookclub is a new bookclub focusing on books situated in a specific country or city. Books have a way of transporting us to other worlds, letting us visit cities and places from the comfort of our own homes. Especially now, when travel is simply not possible for most of us, books can be […]

Disneyland Guide for the Ordinary Traveler

2 March 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Wanderlust Wonderland brings you: a travel guide for ordinary travelers, with must-sees, tips and tricks and the most delicious food, for ordinary travelers, like you and me. Two weeks ago I shared a travel guide to Paris, but what is Paris without a visit to Disneyland? You could easily take a trainride from the city […]

The Tiny Traveling Bookworm

23 February 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

This traveling bookworm post is a little different than you’re used to, because it is not linked to a city/country, but an age group. Normally, whenever I’m planning a trip I look for authors from the area I’m visiting, but today’s post will cover children books about traveling. Earlier I wrote Books for the stuck-at-home […]

Paris guide for the ordinary traveler

15 February 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Wanderlust Wonderland brings you: a travel guide for ordinary travelers, with must-sees, tips and tricks and the most delicious food, for ordinary travelers, like you and me. Paris, city of love, I realized I hadn’t written a travel guide for the city yet. I’ve been there a couple of times and I have a kind […]

Guestpost: The do’s and don’ts of Wildlife Tourism

9 February 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

You probably have seen pictures of travellers taking selfies with tigers, swimming with dolphins or other animal related activities that seem super cool, but are actually awful extortions and abuse of the animals that are involved. We all know what kind of activities are too cruel (like bears ‘dancing’ or people standing on top of […]

Exploring Twente: The city of Ootmarsum

2 February 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

When we stayed in our Star Cubicle last weekend, of course we also explored the area a bit. We were in Twente, a region in the north-eastern part of The Netherlands. Not that far away, but I hadn’t been there before. We had explored the rural area for a bit on Saturday and today it […]

Exploring Twente and following kingfishers

26 January 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

When we stayed in our Star Cubicle last weekend, of course we also explored the area a bit. We were in Twente, a region in the eastern part of The Netherlands. Not that far away, but I hadn’t been there before. Time to explore!

Unplugging in Twente

19 January 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

For a romantic getaway, we had booked a Star Cubicle in Twente. A tiny house (and I mean really, really tiny) with a glass dome on the roof so you could watch the stars from your bed. It seemed like a lovely way to unplug for a bit, and escape the daily realities.