


How to Save the World from Mass Tourism
It’s August and much of Europe has hit the pause button while everyone heads off on their holidays. August is normally a quiet ‘silly news’ month, but this year it […]

A Change in Plans…
For the last 5 months, I’ve been planning and talking about my next semester in Mexico City. I’ve talked slightly less about my 4th semester back in Groningen, mainly because […]

Diary of a Master’s Student Abroad: Month 10 (June 2017)
So this blog post is a several weeks late but… we’re over halfway through 2017! The end of June signified the end of my first year of the Master’s after […]

Diary of a Master’s Student Abroad: Month 9 (May 2017)
Just when you feel like you’ve got a hang of things in a new place, it’s suddenly time to leave. Typical! 10 days ago I moved back to the UK […]

One week to Mont Blanc! Training and Preparations for the Summit
Today marks 1 week until my mother and I will hopefully attempt to summit Mont Blanc – the highest mountain in the Alps at 4,810m! Almost […]

Saying Goodbye to Uppsala
Tomorrow I head to Stockholm airport with my luggage in tow, postcards down from my walls and safely packed away for my next destination, as I’m leaving Sweden. It’s exactly […]

Diary of a Master’s Student Abroad: Month 8 (April 2017)
I’ve now just 1 month left here in Sweden (out of a 4-month semester) and the city of Uppsala is truly starting to feel like home. So here is the […]

Diary of a Master’s Student Abroad: Month 7 (March 2017)
Hello spring! After some deep, white-out snowfall in Uppsala we’ve finally re-found that foreign, forgotten feeling of sun on our skin, as the ice melts in Scandinavia after a long winter… […]