ABOUT ME

The Weekend Tourist is a blog written by Jess Friend Bartlett. Sometimes we only do touristy things on holiday - 25 days annual leave a year. That’s a shame, as we’ve 104 weekend days for exploring. This blog is all about discovering your local neighbourhood, attractions, historic places, local eateries and independents, which for me is in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the wider Cotswolds, UK. And when annual leave adds up, you'll find the occasional far flung adventure.

Budapest: A futuristic Metropolis opera
Budapest: taking the waters at Gellert Hotel
Budapest: the blue Danube
Budapest: relics of the Soviet Union
Gaudi – Barcelona’s architectural demigod
Barcelona: balancing ‘seny’ and ‘rauxa’
Like the opening credits of Mary Poppins – The Shard, London
Blowing bubbles in Reims, France
Edinburgh – A cure for a castle obsession.