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About The Well-Travelled Postcard
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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Merry Christmas from the Stuart-Taylors + honorary sister @_jessvallance! Hoping that the festivities and merriment of Christmas have brightened everyone’s day, and especially thinking of those who are missing, or far from, their loved ones.
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#christmasday #christmas #merrychristmas #happychristmas #joyeauxnoel #buonnatale #feliznavidad #feliznatal
The last stop on my birthday tour of Tallinn merits a post all of its own as the best restaurant I visited all year: @NOA_restoran, 15 minutes outside of the city, on the waterfront, facing west towards Tallinn. We had their tasting menu and a front-row seat to watch the sunset over the bay 👌🏼🎂
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(PS. If you’re wondering why I’m posting this now, when my birthday was actually in July, then read the caption in my Whitehall post - I’m catching up! Also see my Story from Estonia too.)
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#estonia #tallinn #noarestoran #noa #finedining #tastingmenu #birthday #birthdaypresent #citybreak #baltics #eesti #europe #summer #july #luxurytravel #visitestonia
Back in July I spent my birthday in Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪 with my sister @oliviamst! She created the most elaborate route map of my birthday treats around the city, from cake for breakfast 🍰 to a walking tour, from lunch to a full body massage, to cocktails and dinner. It was one of the best birthdays I’ve ever had, and Tallinn is very very cute!
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(PS. If you’re wondering why I’m posting this now, when my birthday was actually in July, then read the caption in my Whitehall post - I’m catching up! Also see my Story from Estonia too)
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#estonia #tallinn #birthday #birthdaypresent #walkingtour #citybreak #baltics #eesti #europe #summer #july
Sometime in mid-2018, I discovered Instagram Stories and instantly became hooked! Almost all my photos and videos are now shot in portrait so they’re Story-ready and I love how much simpler and faster it is to post a Story than craft a well-edited and captioned Instagram photo. The casualty of my love affair with Instagram Stories, however, is that I barely ever post Instagram photos in the old-fashioned way, (with the sad knock-on effect that I then don’t re-share anything on Twitter or my blog’s Facebook Page).
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So before 2018 ends, I want to rectify some of my neglect for old-fashioned Instagram and do justice to the brilliant trips I had in the second half of the year!
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First up though are photos from the place where I spent the majority of 2018: at work on Whitehall, in the heart of London! I work in the Treasury building and one perk of the job is getting to flit between the most incredible buildings for meetings: from the Foreign Office, to the Cabinet Office, to the MOD. Nearby Trafalgar Square, Horse Guards Parade, the Houses of Parliament and St James Park are also equally photogenic! The 2nd October 2018 marked my first anniversary of working for the Civil Service and of working on Whitehall, and sometimes I have to pinch myself to remember just how historic and beautiful Westminster is, and how lucky I am to work amidst these so-called ‘corridors of power’.
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PS. The award for the very best Whitehall Instagram account has to go to @treasury_cat - Gladstone is a hero.
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#whitehall #westminster #SW1 #thisislondon #LDN #corridorsofpower #ukcivilservice #foreignoffice #treasury #horseguards #themall #parliamentsquare #parliamentsquare
The Isle of Wight has ALL the colours! Thanks to @ruplebear & co. for a dreamy weekend last month of sun-soaked racing from Cowes to the Nab Tower, paddle-boarding and sunsets at Gurnard, moonlit Solent crossings and excellent company! I already can't wait to return for New Year's Eve 🥂
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#sailing #isleofwight #islandlife #island #cowes #nabtower #racing #sail #yacht #solent #gurnard #sunset #moonlight #sea #sunny #sailor #skipper #yachtracing #paddleboarding #Englishweather #staycation #iow #isleofwightshots #pureislandhappiness #hampshire #omgb @visitisleofwight @visit_hampshire
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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#Bosham #birthday #30 #30thbirthday #sandcastle #whitetie #weekendaway #southcoast #westsussex #westwittering #beach
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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#destinationgironde #igersgironde @igersgironde #suddefrance #Gironde #Aquitaine #Atlanticcoast #Atlantic #atlantique #cotedargent #coteatlantique #coast #côte #pine #pineforest #pinetrees #beach #plage #sanddunes #holiday #holidaytime #Bordeaux #france #travelblogger
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
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