Sometimes pictures just don’t quite do it justice, so here’s our 3 1/2 days on the beautiful Greek island Santorini in video form! We stayed in a cave apartment in the village of Oia in the North of the island with it’s iconic blue domes and white buildings, tiny streets and sunsets that people wait […]
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The Best Joint Hen/Stag Do in Budapest
Jack and I decided quite early that we wanted to do a joint hen/stag do (aka a hag, sten or whatever else you want to call it). We have a lot of mixed friends and we wanted to bring everyone together to celebrate in Budapest; a city we fell in love with during our Europe […]
The 10 Best Things To Do in Montmarte, My Favourite Area of Paris.
Paris is beautiful, the architecture the breathtaking, the artwork is to die for and everyone is in love. Or something like that. Just up from our hotel, (the one with the best wallpaper in the world; The Hotel Josephine) is the beautiful area of Montmartre which has quickly become my favourite area of Paris. The […]
The Day I Got Proposed to on a Rooftop in Iceland.
In light of the Royal Wedding it got me thinking more about my own wedding and reminiscing about my proposal in Iceland last year. It caught me off guard so much that it then turned into quite an amusing story. New Years Eve in Iceland is a huge family event, with community bonfires and giant […]
My Own Battle with Anxiety – Mental Health Awareness Week
It is the end of Mental Health Awareness Week and I thought I would finally talk about my own battle with anxiety. Last year I developed social food anxiety which luckily for me this is only in very specific situations. I went out for dinner with a friend and his new boyfriend, had a reaction to […]
Top 10 Best Views of the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is one of the world’s most iconic and recognised buildings. Measuring 324 metres or 1,063 ft tall it dominates the skyline from every angle of the city. The Eiffel Tower was also the second most Instagrammed place in the world in 2017. Construction started in 1887 and was completed just two years […]
What I’m Reading
Dystopian An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. The Gender Game A toxic river divides nineteen-year-old Violet Bates’s world by gender. Women rule the East. Men rule the West. Welcome to the lands of Matrus and Patrus. Ever since the disappearance of her beloved younger brother, […]
The Day I Touched a Monet Painting
Our recent visit to Paris brought up one of my Mum’s favourite travel stories. When I was little, my parents took me on a trip to Paris where upon arriving, we visited the Musée de l’Orangerie the home of Monet’s Waterlilies. These incredible paintings are a series of around 250 pieces inspired by Monet’s own […]
My New Favourite Thing! Review of Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Instant Camera
For my birthday I asked my Dad for a Fujifilm Instax Mini 9 Instant Camera in Cobalt Blue, he laughed, told me that he remembers them the first time around and then said he would buy one. It’s literally the most exciting thing ever! I got it just in time for my trip to Paris […]
Travellers 10 Questions – Ten Thousand Strangers
Meet Noel from Ten Thousand Strangers. This travel loving blogger blogs his lessons learned along the road, about observing people do crazy things and you’ll learn all you need to know about carrying a Star Wars Stormtrooper Helmet everywhere you go. From opening up about how travelling expands your prejudices to literally wearing a Stormtrooper Helmet everywhere […]