A Summer of Travel – at long last!
At long last, after a whole winter and spring of very few travels and zero holidays, I’m finally about to get my travel fix! I started my new job 8 […]
How to Spend a Weekend in Madrid: Arabic Baths, Flamenco, Tapas and more
Four years ago I moved to Madrid for work, on a 6-month international assignment to the HQ of the Spanish company I was working for in the UK. I adored […]
My 2-week Travel Itinerary for Sicily
My new favourite region of Italy is Sicily. And given that my favourite country in the world has long been Italy, that is saying something! […]
My 2018 Travel Goals (and why I don’t set New Year’s Resolutions)
I stopped making New Year’s Resolutions about diet and fitness a long time ago. I’ve long thought that September is a much better month to set yourself resolutions. In September […]
Looking back on 2017: Travels, Changing Plans and Lessons Learned
The annual “best nine” phenomenon always gets me reflecting on my top moments of the year. In 2017 my blog suffered a bit of neglect. I published just 29 blog […]
Back in London: Take 4
This is the fourth time I’ve moved to London and each time I return, I go through a period of readjustment and rediscovering the city – reminding myself what I […]
The last days of summer: from the Balkans & Sicily, back to London
Today I’m flying back from Sicily to London, marking the distinct end of my summer and a brutal confrontation with autumn. From what I hear from the UK, it’s been […]
How to Save the World from Mass Tourism
It’s August and much of Europe has hit the pause button while everyone heads off on their holidays. August is normally a quiet ‘silly news’ month, but this year it […]
