Postcard of the Week: Stockholm
In mid-August I visited Stockholm, the self-styled capital of Scandinavia. Northern Europe is really new to me, but my first trip to the region in February, when I visited Copenhagen, […]
Postcard of the Week: Buckingham Palace, London
Visiting Buckingham Palace has long been on my list of things to do in London. I’ve seen the changing of the guard from outside of the palace, but never seen […]
Postcard of the Week: Wonder Workshop in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
This postcard doesn’t tell you much until you hear the story behind it. In Tanzania back in April, I spent a few nights in Dar Es Salaam, a large city […]
Postcard of the Week: Chiswick House in London
I have a real penchant and curiosity for stately homes – I can’t get enough of them! These “dream houses” are mostly found in the very rural countryside, but even […]
Postcard of the Week: Kraków, Poland
One of my very dear friends, Jess, is an incredibly thoughtful and kind person, and she’s always sending me postcards from these fantastic city breaks she takes – mostly to […]
Postcard of the Week: Zanzibar
Back in April I spent four nights in Zanzibar, the coolest-sounding place name that I have ever heard. It’s a tropical island off the coast of Tanzania in East Africa […]
Postcard of the Week: Nyhavn Harbour in Copenhagen
Alongside the sculpture of Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Mermaid perched upon a rock, this view of Nyhavn is probably the most recognisable view of Copenhagen. Nyhavn is a quaint port […]
Postcard of the Week: the island of Antigua in the Caribbean
Heaven. Just heaven. Antigua is a small Caribbean island about the same size of the Isle of Wight in England, with just 80,000 inhabitants. It was a British colony until […]