The most relaxing week in Madeira

You may have guessed from the fact that I haven’t posted on here for 5 months that life has been raaaaather busy lately! We recently bought a house and I had grand plans to blog about the reno/redecorating process (mainly for us to look back on in the future), but its been so full on […]

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A snapshot of Leiden, Holland’s cutest town

This week I went on a work trip to Leiden, a beautiful city in the Netherlands. Within easy reach of its popular neighbour Amsterdam (a 15 minute train ride from Schipol Airport, to be exact), Leiden is the perfect place for anyone that wants to experience Holland without the crowds. Connected by a network of […]

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8 Hours Exploring Beautiful Bergen

We recently spent a long weekend in Norway. The main reason for our trip was to hike Trolltunga, but we also spent some time road-trippin’ around the Hardangerfjord region. To reach the fjord, we flew into Bergen – Norway’s second largest city. On the last day of our trip our flight home wasn’t until around […]

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Hiking Trolltunga: My first black-rated hike

Hiking Trolltunga has been on my bucket list for SUCH a long time, and last weekend I finally ticked it off! I had seen pictures of that famous ledge all over Pinterest and Instagram, and thought “I need to do that hike“. While chatting to my friend and fellow wanderluster Lakshi (who also writes an […]

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Shutterbuggin’: A Photographer’s Guide to Paris

There are few cities more picture-perfect than Paris. It is literally a photographers DREAM! Here are my top tips for getting the best Parisian snaps (and you’ll notice that none of them require a fancy pants camera! win!) 1. Look BEHIND you I’m pretty sure that when I’m travelling, I’m often perceived as the ridiculously […]

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Saint Germain des Prés – My Favourite Neighbourhood in Paris

We recently spent a wonderful (but all-to-short) weekend in Paris. For our trip, we chose to stay in Saint Germain des Près, mainly because of it’s central location. When we hopped off the metro at Odéon, I immediately knew this was my kind of neighbourhood, and after walking around most of Paris, I can now […]

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Paris: Falling in Love With the City of Love

Paris is such an iconic city. Fun fact: I actually won a trip there when I was 6 years old. I entered a competition through my French club and sent a cassette tape (yes I did say CASSETTE TAPE… 90’s kids, ya feel me) of me singing the french nursery rhyme ‘Allouette’. That tape represents […]

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Spending A Wintery Day in the Lake District

For a little getaway between Christmas and the New Year, we popped up to the Lake District for some fresh country air. We stayed in a lovely little Inn just outside of the national park, called The Inn at Brough, and spent a beautiful wintery day driving around the lakes from Ullswater, to Derwentwater, to […]

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Another Wales Trip… this time to the west coast!

WHERE: West Wales – Abaraeron, New Quay, Mwnt WHEN: June 2015 HOW LONG FOR : A long weekend So, ANOTHER post on Wales. I loved exploring north Wales so much that I went back for more, and this time I headed west. I’ll be honest with you- our main reason for going was to visit […]

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Southwold

WHERE: Southwold, Suffolk WHEN: May 2015 HOW LONG FOR: An afternoon This weekend we visited Southwold, a quaint little seaside town in Suffolk. When I googled Southwold and read about its pier, I had visions of noisy crowds, litter and the constant pings and fanfares of arcade games – don’t get me wrong, I loved that […]

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