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 […]
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 […]
Postcard of the Week: Valencia
The weekend before Easter my uni friend Sarah came to visit me in Madrid and after a few days of sightseeing there we headed on the […]
Postcard of the Week: Bath
Bath is a small, ancient Roman city set in a beautiful, green valley in rural Somerset. It’s high on the hotlist for foreign visitors to Great Britain and thanks […]
Postcard of the Week: Toledo
The UNESCO World Heritage site and medieval city of Toledo, perched high atop a hill in Castile-La Mancha, is only a 30-minute train away from the centre of Madrid […]
Our Skiing Holiday in Morzine! (“Just Remember to Breathe”)
Bright white powder snow glistening in the sunlight, steaming sweet vin chaud, jacuzzi and sauna sessions at the end of a long day’s skiing and delicious gourmet 4-course meals each […]
Partying at Carnival in Italy
Carnival, taking place late-February / early-March each year all across Catholic nations such as Brazil, Italy and Spain, draws huge crowds and understandably a big pull […]
How to Spend a Weekend in Padua (and Why I’m Dying to Move Back to Italy!)
If you saw my Postcard of the Week on Monday then you’ll already know that I spent last weekend sauntering around the Italian city of Padua (Padova in Italian). […]
Postcard of the Week: Padua, Italy
After almost a year without visiting Italy, last weekend I found myself back in my favourite country, in the charming city of Padua. I was one […]
Exploring Madrid on Foot and by Taste
Spain is a country of truly exquisite food. It’s the country that created the concept of tapas, paella comes from Valencia, it produces some brilliant wines […]
Postcard of the Week: The Spanish Steps, Rome
Rome. It was the city of Rome that I visited aged 14 on my first ever trip to Italy, a country I’d later move to on three separate occasions […]
8 Essential Tips for Moving Abroad (and How I’m Becoming a Madrileña)
The whole of January was ‘pre-move’ to Madrid. The whole of February was ‘post-move’ to Madrid. Now that we’re finally in March I can look back […]
Postcard of the Week: The Royal Palace, Madrid
One of my favourite past-times is losing myself in a daydream inside palaces, castles and stately homes. I start to imagine myself gliding through opulent room upon opulent room, […]
