Surviving the Inferno in Mürren: the World’s Longest Downhill Ski Race
Last Saturday I achieved a goal I’ve been looking forward to for years: I managed to ski the world’s longest downhill race, the Inferno, in Mürren! Before flying out to […]
Preparing for the World’s Longest Downhill Ski Race, the Inferno, in Mürren, Switzerland
It’s looking like 2017 will be a very snowy year for me! First of all I’m spending a week skiing in the Swiss ski resort of Mürren (starting in 3 […]
10 Things I “Hate” about Europe
A phrase that we British often say to refer to mainland Europe is ‘on the continent’. I’ve never given too much thought to the oddity of this phrase, until I […]
Setting New Year’s Resolutions and My Travel Goals for 2017
Happy New Year! Well done if you can open your eyes and lift your head off the pillow after the celebrations last night – a whole new year awaits! Alongside […]
Diary of a Master’s Student Abroad: Month 4 (December 2016)
Somehow we’re already at the end of 2016 and with it, I’ve left the Netherlands as I near the end of my first semester at university. This is the fourth of my […]
2016 Travels on The Well-Travelled Postcard: Goals, Decisions and Lessons Learned
While I have to agree that 2016 has been a terrible year in the world of politics, I also have to be grateful that 2016 has been very kind to […]
Saying Goodbye to Groningen
Yesterday I packed up my belongings, said endless goodbyes and left Groningen. Technically the semester doesn’t finish until the end of January but I have no lectures or exams after […]
Where is home? Where are you local?
Where do you call home? Is it the place you were born, the place you spent your childhood in, the place where you live now, the place you miss the […]
Diary of a Master’s Student Abroad: Month 3 (November 2016)
It’s now December, which marks a full 3 months since I moved to the Netherlands to start my Master’s! This is the third of my monthly updates (here’s the first […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 