Postcard of the Week: A Hindu Offering and the Galungan Festival in Bali
Back in May, at the end of our trip to Bali in Indonesia, my friend Imy and I headed into the heart of the jungle to […]
Travel and Tourism as a form of Public Diplomacy
Alongside my love of travelling, another interest of mine is learning about international relations and cultural relations. In my second, third and fourth years of university I took an […]
Postcard of the Week: Verona
Here are two postcards from Verona, a stunning city in Veneto in Northern Italy which is famous for being the home of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It’s as beautiful as […]
Cycling through the countryside around Ubud in Bali
Back in May while we were in Ubud in Bali (here’s my blog post about Ubud), we went on a cycling tour of the countryside and it was one of […]
Postcard of the Week: Home Sweet Home in London!
I thought it fitting that on my first Monday back living in the Big Smoke (aka capital of England, aka one of the best cities […]
Saying Goodbye to Madrid
The time has come for me to somehow pack up my all my belongings, leave the keys to my flat in Madrid, jump into a taxi and begin the […]
Learning about the Spanish Civil War on a Walking Tour of Madrid
As part of a Modern Languages degree, you study not only the language itself, but also it’s contextual setting, with modules on the history and the literature of that country. […]
Postcard of the Week: Madrid’s Golden Triangle of Art
Art museums are always a great place to pick up postcards, as well as unusual and thoughtful presents. I adore looking through the postcards of the museum’s main artworks […]