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Virginia

Loves: adventure, travel, foreign languages, photography & art.
Dislikes: staying in one place for too long.

The Well Travelled Painting: Ski-touring in Valmorel, in the French Alps

This series of Well-Travelled Paintings is designed to share my progress re-learning to paint, draw out the memories of the places and travel destinations I paint, and also keep myself […]

The Well Travelled Painting: Mondello Beach in Palermo, Sicily

This series of Well-Travelled Paintings is designed to share my progress re-learning to paint, draw out the memories of the places and travel destinations I paint, and also keep myself […]

10 actions everyone can take to support gender equality

I love the buzz surrounding International Women’s Day (IWD) each year: the flurry of events and speeches; the reports on progress made towards gender equality, news of initiatives focused on […]

Career talk: My experiences working internationally, jobs with languages and travel, and career advice

Today marks the start of National Careers Week here in the UK. I’m passionate about developing my own career and about supporting others to do the same, which I do […]

The Well Travelled Painting: Overlooking Cefalù from La Rocca, in Sicily

I’ve recently created this new blog post series of Well-Travelled Paintings, to share my progress with re-learning to paint, draw out the memories of the places and travel destinations I […]

The Well-Travelled Painting: Hurst Point Lighthouse in Hampshire, England

For years I’ve collected art from my travels, in anticipation of one day lovingly filling a house with all the pieces I’ve carefully transported back to the UK. Since I […]

21 Wellbeing Tips for Surviving Pandemic Lockdowns

In my last blog post about my goals and projects for 2021, I wrote about how useful meaningful distractions and personal projects can be in getting through the awfulness of […]

My 20 Goals and Projects for 2021, with tentative hope for my travel goals

“Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination” – Fitzhugh Dodson I couldn’t agree more with this Dodson quote. […]

Looking back on 2020: Transforming the negatives into positives, and seeking the silver lining

These annual reviews are a rewarding and mindful exercise, as I love both the reflective process involved in writing them, and the knowledge that I’m building a complete set of […]

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My Upcoming Trips Abroad

  • Cornwall, England May 1, 2021 – May 16, 2021
  • Travels in Europe (TBC on border restrictions) May 22, 2021 – June 20, 2021

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