Tag: Travel
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How to Enjoy City Travel Solo
I use to be terrified about travelling solo. I think we all are; the idea of being in a city alone, having to eat in restaurants without someone else to converse with or ward of the pitying eyes of others, the feeling of being completely alone and without support. I am not a natural fan…
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Best Friends, Forever? Tips for Picking the Perfect Travel Buddy
When you start to plan a international trip there are a lot of factors and decision making that goes into it. Where should I go? What should I see? What should I pack? But arguably the most important factor to consider is who you will travel with. Your travel companion will be with you day…
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The Mini Break: Brighton Your Weekend
I love London. Do not get me wrong. But every so often, its necessary to be able to get away for the weekend and breathe in fresh air that isn’t congested with miles of traffic, a thousand buses and a million people. I think I might make a little series of these ‘Mini Breaks from…
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8 Things in Japan Totally Worth the Hype
Japan is known for being a land of marvellous curiosities bound to attract a lot of hype, especially in the age of social media sharing when every cutesy doughnut and flowering cherry tree is worth a post. Japanese supermarkets alone have a dedicated following for their unguessable products and selection of sweets, just as people…
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How to Plan a Perfect Trip
Planning a trip to a new country can be daunting, even just to a new city, it can be hard to know where to go, what to eat and where to stay. We are constantly being shown pictures of dream destinations online but when we arrive, reality can be quite different to the highly edited,…
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Neighbourhood Guide: Downtown LA
Downtown LA (affectionally known as DTLA) used to hold the reputation of dangerous and unsavoury. However in the last 15 years or so, it has under gone major gentrification and now is a vibrant and enthralling part of town with a strong art influence. It is littered with old 1920’s art deco buildings that now…
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Best Luxury Vintage Shops in Florence
Tuscany is one of those rare places in the world that puts a ridiculous grin on everyone’s faces, none more so than me. The bizarrely picturesque landscape is dotted with the most gorgeous of towns and cities. Where else in the world is so artist, political, calm, warm and fragrant as Tuscany? Trains wined through…
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La Dolce Vita for Less in Venice
The only way to arrive in Venice is by train, almost the only way anyway. But by in arriving the slightly less glamorous way you are treated for your troubles. There is nothing like walking out of San Lucia station after a 10 hours over night train. It’s possibly the best view from any train…
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Drinking in Dublin for Dummies
If you know anything about the Irish, it’s that they are a lot of fun. Dublin is the city of a good time that has modernised to encompass all that makes traditions great with all the new values of a surprising people. Welcome to the Irish capital! Ireland is rooted in so much of what…
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24 Hours in The Wicklow Mountains
P.S. I love you… It was a cold and extremely wet day at the beginning of November. The sun was weak in the sky when present, as if it was struggling against the animosity of the clouds that had be threatening freezing for days. Four friends boarded a bus bounded for the Wicklow Mountains from…
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Why I Want to Adopt
To date, one of the most flooring experiences of my life was when I spent 10 weeks teaching in a tiny backyard school in the dusty town of Arusha, Tanzania. Volunteering in a country totally alien to your own, a world apart from everything you know and take for granted, is tough. Weeks of no running water, days…
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Une Grande Affaire to Remember
The first time I went to Paris was a youthful summer a long time ago. I had just finished a 6 month study abroad program in the Alpine city of Grenoble and I was desperate to visit the city that had sparked my lifetime long obsession with France and french culture. The next time was…