Art: Golden Wall Art in Laos
This is an incredible simple painting, and is one even a child could do. The contrast of the gold against the burgundy is striking and the texture of the […]
Postcard of the Week: Claude Monet at the Musée d’Orsay
On our first day in Paris during our recent trip, we headed to the Musée d’Orsay which lives in an enormous former railway station. We opted for a guided […]
Memories from my Gap Year: Backpacking around Cuba
You might have seen from my previous post about the ‘Tales of Two Cities’ travel writing competition run by Black Tomato, and I did actually enter the competition as […]
Postcard of the Week: Neuschwanstein Castle
I have a bit of a thing for castles. Probably inspired by the bedtime stories of the two princesses that my father told my sister and I when we […]
Art: Tribesmen in Uganda
This painting comes from Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and actually belongs to my mother, who is much more well-travelled than me when it comes to Africa. (Take a […]
Postcard of the Week: New York
At some point in the next few months I will be back in New York once again. Last time I went I picked up this postcard. Aged 17, in […]
‘Tales of Two Cities’ Competition: And the winner is…
Back on the 8th July I published a blog post about the Travel Writing Competition: ‘Tales of Two Cities’ run by the luxury travel experts at Black Tomato. It […]
Postcard of the Week: Munich
I spent all of last week in the incredibly lovely city of Munich, in Bavaria, Germany. It was my first proper trip to the country and beforehand I didn’t […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 