Greetings! Will and I recently split from London and headed to Split, Croatia. Although it is only a 2.5 hour flight away, Croatia is very different from little old England. Croatia joined the EU in 2013 and started using the Euro this year to integrate with other EU nations and increase tourism. Tourism is a…
Tag: travel
Venturing to Vancouver
Greetings! The stars aligned, and I finally found the rare combination of time and motivation to write. I recently met my parents in Vancouver. With a population of 675,000, Vancouver is one of Canada’s largest cities and the heart of British Columbia’s economy. The skyline boasts of its gleaming success as more high rises sprout…
Postcards from the Peak District
Greetings! Will and I recently escaped to the Peak District, a national park in England’s Midlands region. Curtesy of my doctorate (which I sometimes describe as being like a screaming child), I don’t have the time or energy to wax lyrically, but I did want to share some photos. We sought refuge from London’s frenetic…
Bletchley Park – Breaking the Code
Greetings! Although covid rates are rising in the UK, over the Christmas holidays we managed to go on a day trip to Bletchley Park, of Alan Turing WWII code breaking fame. You may recognise the name Alan Turing from the film The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Bletchley Park is an easy day trip from…
Traversing Trieste
Greetings! Please do forgive my absence as of late. There’s this little beast called a masters dissertation deadline, and it has been nipping at my heels lately. Today I shall escape into sweet reminiscence about a recent journey to Trieste. Trieste is a small city and seaport on the Adriatic sea in northeastern Italy. It…
From Ljubljana with sLOVEnia
Why, hello there. I thought I’d share some sentiments about Slovenia with you. After visiting Bavaria, Will and I took a train through the Austrian Alps to Slovenia. The train journey was majestic. The Austrian alps may not have resonated with the sound of music, but they stunned with the glory of nature. Upon…
The Journey Begins… in Germany
Hello, hello. I am finally done with procrastinating studying for my masters exams, so I have time to write! I recently discovered what indubitably must be the best form of procrastination. It took me 19 years of formal education to discover procrasticleaning. “What is procrasticleaning?” my dear reader asks. Well, its brilliance lies in the…
Bath Time
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears…” I begin today with the opening lines of Mark Antony’s speech from Julius Caesar because, like Shakespeare, I have been inspired by the Romans. I recently visited the ancient Roman city of Bath in Somerset, England. The city became a Roman spa known by the Latin name Aquae Sulis in 60…
Visit Prague? Czech.
“Click-click-click.” I shall never forget the melodic sound of horse hooves on the cobblestone streets of Prague, Czech Republic. Today, with great pleasure, I shall present to you one of the most magnificent cities on earth. Of all the European cities I have visited, Prague has bewitched me. Now that I have given you extremely low expectations…
Real Viking ships? No(r)way!
Hello, hello. Welcome to part two of the Scandinavian leg of my journey with Mom. After taking a train from Stockholm, Sweden to Oslo, Norway, Mom and I hailed a cab in order to escape the torrential rain. By the time we made it to our hotel, we were ravenous, so we scavenged for food… only to find that everything…
Which We Call A Rose 