Ep. 7 - Castles, musical holidays & Krakow, Poland (from an insider!)

03/29/22 • 37 min

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In episode 7, the queens of travel chat castles. The ones we've been to and the ones we want to visit. We also ponder what exactly makes a castle anyway (it may be something to do with turrets). We take in everywhere from Glenapp Castle in Scotland and Portmerion's Castell Deudraeth in Wales, along with Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany, the inspiration for Disney's classic castle and Bran Castle in Romania, famous for both Dracula and Vlad The Impaler.

Then we discuss the Top 5 musical must-sees according to Trips to Discover - Ireland (all of it), Havana, Berlin, Liverpool and Seattle. But no J-pop or K-pop, and Andrea spots something that might be a bit wrong about Heidi's choice of list.

Our fantasy VIP departure lounge interview this episode is with Garrett Van Reed, Editor in Chief of Poland In Your Pocket. He gives is the insider guide to his how city, Krakow, where he's lived for 16 years and publishes, among other Poland city guides, Krakow In Your Pocket. He tells us all about the city's medieval centre and Jewish quarter, its old town – ringed by Planty Park and the remnants of the city’s medieval walls, expansive Rynek Glówny (market square), the Cloth Hall, a Renaissance-era trading outpost, and St. Mary’s Basilica, a 14th-century Gothic church.

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Thanks, as always, to our good friends from Northern Ireland band 3D Shark, who provide our theme tune.

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Find Krakow In Your Pocket online here. For more tourist info on Poland, click here.

Thanks, as always, to our good friends from Northern Ireland band 3D Shark, who provide our theme tune.

Thanks for listening and see you next month!

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Ep 6 - George Best’s Belfast & the world’s top football stadiums

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Football special! We celebrate the Beautiful Game in this episode with a tour of George Best's childhood home, now open as a short-term holiday let in Belfast. Tour guide Peter McCabe tells us about the house where George kicked his first ball before we settle down for the night in the boyhood bedroom of the World's Greatest Footballer.* We thoroughly recommend this unique visitor attraction for both tours and overnight stays (details of how to book it, below).

Then we discuss the world's top 5 football stadiums to visit before you die, from the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia (which also hosts football matches, fact fans) via the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City; Wembley in London and Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain.

Tell us about your favourite footie trips, tours and recommendations in the comments of our social media pages. SUBSCRIBE to our podcast, you know you want to! Follow us on Instagram at @travelinyourpocketpodcast, on Twitter at @Travel_IYP, on Facebook at @TravelInYourPocketPodcast or email us at [email protected] Special thanks to EastSide Partnership for our overnight stay and tour of the George Best house - www.eastsidepartnership.com. You can find out more about booking the George Best house for yourself here: www.georgebesthouse.com. Thanks, as always, to our good friends 3D Shark, who provide our theme tune. They also do football songs - check out We're Going to the Euros; Jackie Fullerton Says (I'm in Heaven When We Score) and the frankly brilliantly bonkers, My Name is Brian Clough. Listen at https://soundcloud.com/3d-shark.

Our 7th episode will be out towards the end of next month. See you then, wherever you are in the world!

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Ep 8 - Titanic - the ill-fated liner for tourists

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We mark the 110th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic with a tour of Titanic Belfast, the £multi-million visitor attraction built on the launch site of the ill-fated ship. The maritime theme continues with our ever-present segments designed to test even the hardiest of Titanoraks. Can Andrea guess Heidi's particularly abstract Where In The World destination? And which of the other Top Five Titanic-linked locations has Andrea explored? We discuss The Titanic Graveyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia; the Titanic Museum, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; Titanic – the Artefact Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada; our very own Titanic Belfast and the Sea City Museum in Southampton, England. SUBSCRIBE to our podcast for lots more travel insights and musings: Instagram - @travelinyourpocketpodcast Twitter - @Travel_IYP Facebook - @TravelInYourPocketPodcast Near, far, whereeeeever they are, our hearts will go on for our good friends at Northern Ireland band 3D Shark, who provide our theme tune. Thanks for listening and see you next month!