“I’m off to Kos next week,” I told my friend as we grabbed a coffee at work. “Kos?? Why Kos, surely you want to go to santorini, or Mykonos, or Crete?’ The influence of instagram and tiktok was starting to show. “Whats so great about Kos?” he continued. I laughed, I couldn’t really blame him,…
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A lazy girl’s 4 day guide to Salzburg and beyond
I won’t lie—Austria had never really been high on my travel list. In fact, I barely considered it. The thought of Vienna, a big city packed with one museum after another, didn’t really appeal to me. But it didn’t take long to change my mind. It all started with a rewatch of The Sound of…
Unmasking Venice: a traveler’s guide to the carnival
*ring ring*, it was Stefania. My friend who’d I’d met in my travels through Cyprus last year. One of the few where we had actually managed to stay in touch and had promised to see each other again in a different country, under a different sky. Excitedly she said ‘sooooo, Venice carnival? Are you in?’ …
Bites of Venice: A taste of Tradition
*grumble*grumble* Did you hear that? Was that my stomach? For me, italian food comes to one of the best and most diverse types of food of Europe. With spicey, meaty, and deep flavours is it a surprise my stomach is rumbling? Despite italy being so well known for all of its culinary delicacies, I often…
Tucepi and Beyond: A Flash of Croatia
I can practically count the years that Croatia has been on my bucket list. I can’t imagine anyone who would say otherwise, with flashes of waterfalls, mountains and beautiful weather coming to mind as soon as we think about it. Over the past few years the price of traveling to Croatia (even from the UK,…
Why Northern Albania Should Be Your Next Destination
Albania has in recent times been gaining more and more popularity. The beautiful beaches of the south have been said to be stunningly clear and beautiful, some comparing it to the beaches in exotic places like Thailand or Indonesia. However, very little is written about the north of Albania. Although people travel, it seems to…
Solo adventures in Paphos
One week to paphos, cyprus was booked. It was my first week long solo trip. The tensions were high, and guardedly I stepped out into the humid weather, embracing the cypriot heat. It was instantly different from the UK, and I breathed it in. Where to now? My hotel Please note, I was not sponsored…
3 days in sorrento
Sat in the glorious sunlit pennisula of Italy, it’s easy to get lost in its beauty and start reflecting on life as your normal days fade into the abyss. It has been a while since my last post, and to the few that read my blog regularly, I apologise for this. This is in part…
Two Medics And A Camera 