Postcard of the Week: Istanbul
For 2 or so years of my childhood, my sister and I had an au pair from Istanbul. Over the years we had several au pairs, […]
Video Diary of 2013 Travels with The Well-Travelled Postcard
Last year in 2013 I travelled to 3 continents, 11 countries and 17 cities, covering a total of 64,818 km. In that time I collected so much video footage […]
The Tale of Why I Adore Sailing
Ahh… The salty sea air, the splash of water on bare skin, the wind in your hair, the spaciousness of the open sea, the escapism… For the past few […]
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 […]
Instagramming my travels from July – September 2013
Back in August I posted a summary of my travels over April, May and June 2013, as seen through the eyes of my Instagram account (you can find me […]
The Marathon Tourist
I’ve discovered that there’s a type of person who travels around the world to voluntarily take part in 26 miles of extreme sightseeing – to run marathons. They call […]
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 […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 