We landed at Copenhagen airport after a short flight from Paris, navigated our way through the purchasing of train tickets and caught the train to Malmö: our new home for 5 weeks. Daffodils in bloom The trip from Copenhagen airport to Malmö is an easy 25 minute train trip across the Øresund Bridge: an 8km combined railway and motorway bridge linking Sweden and Denmark. It was then an easy 10 minute walk from Malmö Centralstation to our quintessentially Scandinavian Airbnb apartment, which is right in the centre of town and aptly fitted out with all the Ikea essentials. »

Paris is addictive. This was my fifth time and each time has been a very different experience. This visit was an opportunity to live more like a local — to eat and drink in local restaurants and bars, to have picnics in the gardens, and to explore the less trodden paths. I never grow tired of seeing Paris, nor eating French food. And naturally, we ate croissants every morning for breakfast, baguette, cheese and wine every day for lunch and more wine, bread and cheese with dinner every night. »

My first impressions of Singapore were that it is a clean, organised, accessible, environmentally conscious city (more accurately, city-state) and the people are friendly and welcoming of tourists. We stayed at the Marina Bay Sands hotel, which was, predictably, very impressive. However, for the price, it is what you would expect. But it was worth it to swim in that pool! It is quite an experience swimming 200m up in the air, looking out into the high rise buildings of the city. »

This is a post that we will continue to edit as we plan our travel. Check it out for updates to our itinerary. Passports Getting to Europe We’ll be taking our time to get to Europe, avoiding any flights longer than 8 hours. 25 April — 28 April: Singapore 28 April — 2 May: Abu Dhabi 2 May — 7 May: Paris 7 May — 13 June: Malmö, Sweden 🇸🇪 »