Postcard of the Week: Valle d’Aosta
The Italian region of Valle d’Aosta, also known as the Aosta Valley, borders France to the west and Switzerland to the north. France and Italy share the Mont Blanc (or […]
Jobs Abroad: a Guide to Working a Ski Season
I feel like working a ski season on your gap year should be an obligatory rite of passage for everyone. Especially for those who’ve never been up a mountain […]
Postcard of the Week: The Palio di Siena
The Palio di Siena may be recognisable to some from the opening scenes of Quantum of Solace and it dates back to 1656. It’s a biannual horse race that takes […]
Postcard of the Week: Bullfighting
Bullfighting in Spain is equally as popular as it is controversial, and so controversial in fact that it’s been banned from Catalonia since 2011. I witness […]
Festivals: Benicàssim, Spain
British festivals, no matter how great the line-up is or how many years it’s existed, are essentially missing one key thing. The sun. A festival, in England, in summer, […]
Guest Post: A Student’s Guide To Skiing
Olivia Stuart-Taylor weighs up the benefits of skiing on a trip organised by a University Imagine this: 1500 Durham University students, one resort, one week, three metres 3m of […]
Postcard of the Week: Greek Islands
Greece has around 6,000 individual islands, each surrounded by the clear, warm water of the Mediterranean Sea and each enjoying pretty much guaranteed sunshine all summer long. While Greece boasts […]
Courses: The RYA Competent Crew Sailing Course in the Solent
I have reached the conclusion that learning to sail is an activity that is much better undertaken in the warm. My experience two weeks ago of a 5-day RYA (Royal […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 