Postcard of the Week: Norway
Despite Norway only being just a short way across the North Sea from England, I have never been there. I’ve heard tales of the fjords from a friend who spent a month or so there for work (she’s a chef on a luxury yacht!) and I’ve been enchanted by the idea of seeing the Northern Lights since I was a very little girl.
One day, one day… Sweden equally fascinates me.
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Welcome! I'm Virginia, a travel blogger, Master's student, languages graduate and serial expat from the UK, and travel is an utterly fundamental part of who I am. I hope to inspire you to get out and explore the world, through helping you find opportunities to travel, work, study and live abroad, and by sharing some of the amazing places I’ve encountered so far! Click here to find out more...
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Flew back early from the Philippines for birthday boy @MichaelDPlant's classic weekend combo of sandcastling and white tie 👌🏼Absolutely loved being back in my beloved Bosham with this great bunch!
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Balling in the polo world 🏇💃🏼🥂
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At a fundraising ball last night in Oxfordshire to fund the irrigation of the polo fields. Quote of the evening: "Because first world problems... are still problems"
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#blacktie #summerball #fundraiser #kirtlingtonpark #poloclub #oxfordshire #northamptonshire #upnorth #weekend #summerseve #summer #squad #countryside #countryescape #fieldslookingthirsty #polo #firstworldproblems
Birthday blog post! 🎈🎁🎉 Today's my birthday and I'm celebrating it here in Tallinn with a long weekend away. I've also written a blog post with my "30 Before 30" list of all the things I want to fit into the next 12 months before my 30th birthday.
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Do you have a pre-30 list or what would be on yours? Any suggestions for other things I could have added to the list?
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https://thewell-travelledpostcard.com/2018/07/12/birthday-celebrations-and-30-before-30/
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(Photos are from the brilliant @HenleyRoyalRegatta last weekend, thanks to @michaeldplant!) .
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#birthday #30before30 #30before30list #pre30 #bucketlist #wishlist #29thbirthday #bday #newblogpost #henley #henleyroyalregatta #henleyregatta #todolist #travelblogger
Last one from France before I fly off for my next trip this evening! ✈️ We had the most incredible sunsets every single evening, as the beach faces west towards the Atlantic Ocean.
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For more snippets of south-west France, I've saved my entire story from the holiday in my Highlights, so take a look 🇫🇷
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Summer means birthdays in the Stuart-Taylor household - possibly my favourite time of the year! @OliviaMST's birthday was two weeks ago in France, and mine is in two days! Looking forward to popping open the champagne again with this one in Tallinn on Thursday 🇪🇪🥂🍾
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I've also got a birthday blog post up my sleeve if I can find the time to type it up before our flight tomorrow evening... Lots of exciting plans for the year ahead!
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#sisters #birthday #birthdaycountdown #summerbirthday #summerbabies #bubbles #champagne #summer #holiday #holidaytime #gironde #igersgironde #relax #chill #travelblogger #weekendaway #birthdaytravel #tallinn #outofoffice
My attempt at learning to eat oysters in a French market, sipping cremánt, did not go so well... .
After a lifetime of looking sceptically at les huîtres, I've decided it's time my tastebuds grew up and I finally learned to eat more seafood. Not going so well with the oysters - but they're still aesthetically great even if far too salty for my taste!
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Monday morning flashback to south-west France... and a new blog post! We're halfway through 2018 already, so it's time for a bit of life update (and this one is also packed full of photos like this one from my latest trip to the French Atlantic coast!)
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How was the first half of 2018 for you?
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https://thewell-travelledpostcard.com/2018/07/02/halfway-through-2018-milestones-and-a-life-update/ (& link in bio)
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#destinationgironde #igersgironde #suddefrance #Gironde #Aquitaine #Atlanticcoast #Atlantic #atlantique #cotedargent #coteatlantique #coast #côte #sand #beach #plage #sanddunes #whitesand #seashore #seaside #digitaldetox #detox #airplanemode #holiday #holidaytime #Bordeaux #france #relax #chill #travelblogger @igersgironde
I'm newly back from 5 blissful days in the south-west of France, surrounded by pine trees, staying in a little wooden house made out of pinewood, 5 minutes from the Côte d'Argent beach and the Atlantic Sea.
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I used to come here every summer as a little girl but I hadn't been back for about 15 years - what a huge mistake! Hot sunny skies, fantastic food, no internet and utter peace. Very good for the soul!
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It was this little one's 27th birthday yesterday! She isn't quite so little any more, and has grown into a beautiful, accomplished, kind-hearted, thoughtful and incredible young lady, who will forever be a fantastic sister and partner in crime! Happy birthday @OliviaMST! 🎁🎉🥂🎈🎂🍾
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#birthday #birthdaygirl #onefromthearchives #babysister #sister #sisters #oldschool #matchingoutfits #happybirthday
This time last year I'd just returned to civilisation, by reconnecting to the internet after a week of airplane mode. ✈️ We'd been hiking and climbing in and around Chamonix (and failing to summit Mt Blanc, but that's another story!) and I'd chosen that mountainous week for my annual digital detox. Ahhhhhhh it felt so refreshing!
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So I'm incredibly excited for the 2018 edition, starting imminently when @OliviaMST and I board our flight to Bordeaux! 🇫🇷 I'll be offline for a whole 5 days, and am swapping London skylines for sand dunes, Atlantic waves and pine trees, with not a wifi hotspot nor 4G signal in sight! Au revoir jusqu'à jeudi!
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(And if you're tempted by the concept, then take a read of this mini-story blog post I wrote about my 3-month enforced digital detox in Nepal 2 years ago: https://thewell-travelledpostcard.com/2016/03/29/embracing-the-digital-detox-and-the-new-luxury-of-switching-off/)
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It’s one of my favourite countries in the world.. the nature is amazing unfortunately it’s so expensive. Let me know if you ever need any tips. Planning on doing a norwegian post on my blog soon. x
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Just a lovely country, the weather change at least 5 times/day, but that makes Norway so beautifull. Alcoholic drinks and fish are verry expensive…but iT doesn’t hold me to visit Norway again…
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Norway was quite interesting. We went there this summer. To see the Northern lights you have to be up in the extremely cold regions though. I am lucky to be forced to accompany my sweetheart on a trip to Svalbard in 3 weeks. I hope we get to see the Northern Lights!
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You lucky thing!
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