“Your Education Is Your Passport To Life”

           “Your Education Is Your Passport To Life”. Imagine this said in a strong Trinidadian accent by Floella Benjamin, an incredibly inspiring woman who, among other things, happens to be the […]

Postcard of the Week: the Grand Canyon

         The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA, is almost 450km long was formed around 40-50 million years by the Colorado River. It’s also a UNESCO World Heritage site and I’ve heard […]

Win a 10-night trip around Europe and €2013

          I came across this competition from hotel.info to win 10 nights in top hotels around Europe, including Spain, Turkey, Italy, Switzerland & Belgium, as well as €2013 to spend […]

Strolling along the Thames

          A stroll along the Thames path on New Year’s Day 2013. Having grown up always near to the coast I have a special connection with water, and hence one […]

New Year’s (Travel) Resolutions

          So now that New Year’s Eve has been celebrated and the entire world wakes up on the 1st January with a champagne-induced headache, there’s one more tradition that needs […]

Postcard of the Week: Postcard Aeroplane

          While browsing gifts and stocking fillers before Christmas I stumbled across this Postcard Aeroplane. I admit that it is a tad geeky and I didn’t actually buy it in […]

Postcard of the Week: Capri

        Capri is just paradise. A fairytale. It’s the place I dedicate most daydreaming-time to. Without a doubt. Capri (pronounced [ˈkaːpri] with the emphasis on the ‘a’) is a tiny […]

Traditional Britain summed up in 5 Greeting Cards

           Wandering through the Christmas Market in the grounds of Winchester’s atmospheric Cathedral, I stumbled across a wood hut selling the cutest paintings in a very particular style. They depict […]