The Kingdom of Romkerhall, in German Konigreich Romkerhall is a micronation and breakaway country housed within the borders of Germany. The Kingdom claims to be the “World’s Smallest Kingdom”. On my ongoing tours to crazy republics and wacaday nations, this one had to be on my list. Just before my trip here, I had visited…
Read MoreIn my time exploring Malta I pushed my tourist trails slightly more intensely than I expected. After the reader vote on my new project (Połnocny Irlandczyk w Polsce) I thought I would have 6 lazy days relaxing in the Republic of Malta, a side trip to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and while away…
Read MoreI finally made it to Malta in September 2017. It was country 155 on my list of 626 and one of the final four recognised European countries I have not yet visited. The other three are Albania, Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. As a Brucie bonus I also got to backpack through the Sovereign Military Order…
Read MoreAs part of my backpacking tour of Malta and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, I wanted to experience staying in a few different places. Having already toured Valletta, Tri City, Popeye Village, Gozo Island, Comino Island and a few other places, I ended up in Sliema at the end of my trip. I was…
Read MoreIn September to October 2017, I spent 6 days in the Republic of Malta as well as a Wacaday adventure to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. But surprisingly to you, I wanted to backpack the country hardcore and so I set about visiting the country’s three main islands. I originally thought I’d spend my…
Read MoreMalta’s capital is a charmer. Walk through the gates past the bus station and prepare for an uplifting experience here in Valletta – I checked into the famous British Hotel and set about backpacking the sights of Valletta. On top of this I toured Gozo and Comino (two smaller islands) and visited the only United…
Read More“We are never going to survive unless, we are a little crazy” – Seal. It was time for another sublime adventure on my ongoing backpacking tourist trip. I recently had the joy of going backpacking through the Sovereign Military Order of Malta – you might not have heard about this order or country – literally…
Read MoreIn my ongoing World Borders Series, this is a peculiar and welcome addition and country 156 on my wacaday tourist journey on planet earth. I have to give the FULL NAMES of these two countries for you to understand the difference. I didn’t cross from Malta into Malta – that would be absurd. I officially…
Read More“Fascinations galore” – Sheryl Crow (Bond theme). Arrival in Malta in September 2017 was something of a surprise to me and to my followers. The truth is that I have really only backpacked one new country in the last 12 months. That is so odd for me as before I decided to relocate to Poland,…
Read MoreMy 2016 travels took me to the Polish seaside port of Gdynia and later, through a travel friend, Karolina, to Tczew. I toured Gdynia because I was reviewing a cool food tour for Eat Polska, while based at the marvellous Cycle On Hostel in Gdansk. I later toured Tczew before depression kicked in and Don’t…
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