Category: Europe

Backpacking Centurion Volume 1 - Don't Look Back in Bangor - FINALLY Released 25th June 2020

Backpacking Centurion Volume 1 – Don’t Look Back in Bangor – FINALLY Released 25th June 2020

Posted on by Jonny Blair

“Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine, I’m leaving my life in your hands” – Backstreet Boys. The 25th June 1982 was a day to remember for the Northern Ireland football team. By no mere coincidence, and five years later than billed, on the 25th June 2020, I finally release the first volume Read more about Backpacking Centurion Volume 1 – Don’t Look Back in Bangor – FINALLY Released 25th June 2020[…]

Unusual Places & Experiences to Enjoy When Backpacking Germany

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Germany remains one of the top five most visited countries in Europe by tourists from all around the world. The land of fairytale castles (Marburg was brilliant!), rich culture (Berlin!) and history, famous beer (Munich beer crawl) and popular festivals certainly deserves its place on every traveler’s bucket list.  Full of famous, spectacular and unusual Read more about Unusual Places & Experiences to Enjoy When Backpacking Germany[…]

Latimer Road Tube Station. Change here for the Republic of Frestonia. Please mind the gap and have your passports ready for inspection at the border.

Budget Hotels near Kings Cross St Pancras in London

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One of the best places to stay during your visit to London is the area around the St Pancras station. Besides being a Central London railway terminal for trains, it is also the terminus for Eurostar services, this beautifully restored historical Victorian area is a destination in itself. Housing a variety of shops, restaurants, and Read more about Budget Hotels near Kings Cross St Pancras in London[…]

Kraków

Daydreaming in Kraków: The Weird Football Dream with Karolina and Weronika

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This was an odd dream and I typed it up as soon as it happened a few years back. I am slowly getting these old stories either typed and saved, or published. Some are coming soon in the long awaited first volume of my book, Backpacking Centurion. This dream was in Kraków in Poland in 2017… Read more about Daydreaming in Kraków: The Weird Football Dream with Karolina and Weronika[…]

Sam Robinson with Afriyie Acquah (Glentoran and Ghana 2014)

Foreign Footballers Who Were at Northern Irish Clubs and Went to the World Cup (Non-Irish)

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As a Northern Irishman, growing up watching the Irish League supporting Glentoran FC, there were not an abundance of foreigners in our league, nor many foreign World Cup stars. But football was always beautiful regardless of that. I saw a load of Northern Ireland internationals playing live in the Irish League though! Down the years, Read more about Foreign Footballers Who Were at Northern Irish Clubs and Went to the World Cup (Non-Irish)[…]

Backpacking in Croatia: Best Tourist Options

Backpacking in Croatia🇭🇷: Best Tourist Options on the Pearl of the Adriatic

Posted on by Jonny Blair

Croatia is one of those odd countries from my travel repertoire. Officially I have been to Croatia 3 times, and to 3 different cities and to no towns or villages! Also, until today I never really wrote about it, in fact I didn’t even have a blog section for it – almost like a forgotten Read more about Backpacking in Croatia🇭🇷: Best Tourist Options on the Pearl of the Adriatic[…]

4 Legendary Wacaday Footballers Who Played for Multiple FIFA Countries!!

Football Journeymen: 11 Legendary Footballers Who Played for Multiple Countries!!

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On my travels around the world, one of the most fascinating aspects of it for me, is changing countries. I just love the idea of crossing a new border, seeing a new flag, watching a different international football team, changing currencies, saying thank you in a different language and so on. I despise cloned countries Read more about Football Journeymen: 11 Legendary Footballers Who Played for Multiple Countries!![…]