I had been looking forward to this trip for a very long time. Not only because I was going to Venice, but also for other reasons. This was the first time that I travelled by myself, and after camping in the St Hugh's Library for two months, I was more than desperate to get out of Oxford. I arrived in Venice in the evening. My aunt picked me up from the airport, where we had a quick diner before heading to her flat in Rialto. Her flat overlooked the Grand Ca...

We touched down at Copenhagen on a cold windy morning. It must have been no more than two or three degrees and the chili wind made it positively freezing. We hurried into the airport terminal and grabbed the first train to the city centre. After settling into our hostel, we wondered around the city centre in search for a place to eat. We first tried Jensen's Bøfhus. Unfortunately, a fire alarm meant we had to evacuate the restaurant before our food had arr...