Our first two days in Hong Kong!
My friend Imy and I have just returned from an amazing two-week trip to Asia, and we had an absolute ball! There is so much to tell that I’ll […]
Postcard of the Week: Natural Beauty around Cape Town
Some people complain that seeing photos and videos of incredible places spoils it for them, as they’ve “already seen it” before they truly set eyes on a place. I completely […]
Postcard of the Week: Turkish Ceramics
Although it looks like a photo, this is in fact a postcard, which I picked up last summer in Göcek, on Turkey’s Dalaman coast. We spent an […]
Postcard of the Week: The Glamour of Italian Fashion at London’s V&A Museum
I popped over to London from Madrid for a few days during the first bank holiday weekend of May (I do love the generous amount of public holidays the […]
Off to Asia! Backpacking in 2008 vs. Luxury in 2014
Back in 2008 I spent 4 great months backpacking around China and South-East Asia, learning, exploring, experimenting and making the most of my freedom during my […]
Postcard of the Week: El Rastro, Madrid’s famous Sunday market
[Written on 6th April] Today is Sunday and Madrid is quickly growing on me. I’m sat in the sun having lunch in Plaza de Tirso de Molina. Spring is well […]
The Hammam Al Ándalus – a Little Bit of Andalucía in Madrid
Three years ago, when I was living in Córdoba in the south of Spain as a student, I developed a small obsession with the Arabic Baths […]
Postcard of the Week: Penguin Colony in South Africa
I’ve had a soft spot for penguins for the last couple of years and while spotting them in London Zoo does of course have its appeal, I was lucky […]
Valencia: to the seaside!
I arrived in Madrid almost three months ago, but since then I’ve actually done more travelling outside of Spain than in it. Two weekends ago this changed as I […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 