The story of Thessaloniki in ‘The Thread’ by Victoria Hislop
I’ve recently got into reading Victoria Hislop novels, after a recommendation from my grandmother who knew that I love stories, books and films set in foreign countries, and particularly in […]
Postcard of the Week: the Turkish Coast
In August I spent a splendid week bobbing along the Turkish coast, admiring the views, soaking up the rays, swimming around in turquoise bays and doing very little else […]
An Account of Life in London
An account of life in London, as seen through the eyes of a girl from the coast How long do you have to live in London before you can consider […]
Guest Post: Life as an au pair in Spain
Harriet Barter is studying Spanish and Italian at the University of Exeter (the same degree that I did at Exeter – a very wise choice!) and she has just spent […]
Cycling around the Isle of Wight
This August Bank Holiday I decided to escape to the countryside and head down to Hampshire (where I’m from) for a weekend of barbeques, lie ins and tennis, and […]
Win a pair of tickets to Bestival on the Isle of Wight for a lucky reader – competition now closed
[This competition is now closed.] If you’re based in the UK then you will probably have heard about Bestival at some point – it’s an annual music festival that traditionally […]
Postcard of the Week: Osborne House on the Isle of Wight
Last week my mother and I headed over to the lovely Isle of Wight, just off the south coast of England, for a mother-daughter day trip. We packed in […]
My Top 10 Tips for Learning a Foreign Language
Within the next month or so, thousands upon thousands of students all over Europe will be packing their bags and joining the legions of 3 million Europeans before them […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 