World's Best Places to Visit

Stockholm – The beautiful capital city of Sweden. Many months ago, Swiss Airlines ran some promotional fares for Europe and I decided to fly into Stockholm in May on my own for a short visit, before hopping over to Norway for more adventures! 2 Days in Stockholm, solo On a Wednesday morning in spring, I landed in Stockholm at 9am. I was to fly out to Bergen at 1pm on Friday, so I actually had less than 48 hours to explore Stockholm. With the limited time, it took me quite a bit of research to figure out where to go and what to see for my Stockholm trip. I didn’t wanna do tourist hotspots just because they’re listed in the guides. I only wanna go where I think I’ll be happy to go. That’s one of the top benefits of solo-travel =D Places to visit in Stockholm, according to travel guides Vasa Museum, to see the Warship that sank This would be the #1 attraction that all the guides and blogs will recommend. However, I didn’t visit, and don’t regret...

Have you ever arrived in a city armed with zero information about it at all? Sometimes it happens to me, or I’ll bring a travel guidebook to flip on the flight. My friend Mich and I arrived in Madrid on a winter December one year, knowing absolutely nothing about this Spanish city at all. Our Europe trip had been pretty much an impromptu decision – we booked the trip two weeks before flying off and both of us had been too caught up with work each to prepare for Madrid – the last leg of our four-city trip. We had no idea where we were, how to get around Madrid, which attractions to head to. When we reached our apartment, the apartment-owner – warm, sweet Antonio, having orientated us around the apartment, asked if we knew where to go. Both of us shook our heads sheepishly. Antonio promptly whipped out a map from his bag and shared with us the attractions to visit, the places to eat. He literally planned an itinerary for us there and then! The best part was, we were staying righ...