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…
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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…
Food for thought…Japanese style 🌸
Not everyone is a foodie like us. Not everyone goes to a country and wants to enjoy the food that the city or country has to offer. Take my mum for example, her visit to Japan a couple of years ago was not quite what me or my brother had expected. After only one week…
A day in Hiroshima and Miyajima
Stepping out onto the soil from Hiroshima station, the chatter of people surrounds you, the hustle and bustle of everyday life catches you almost by shock. The city, seeped in so much sorrow and death, brings pictures of a devastating past to the forefront of your mind with the death of over 100,000 people. It…
A glimpse of Marrakech : A 3 day challenge
“3 days!? How are you gonna manage to see Marrakech in 3 days!?”. These were the words of my friend that had just heard my plans for going to Marrakech. But honestly who can blame her? Morocco is a massive country, at 446,500 km², it is over twice the size of the UK alone (which…
A visual guide into our tasteful adventures in Marrakech
When we think about moroccan cuisine, I think our minds go directly to the most common type of food that we have heard of, namely Tagines. However, moroccan food has so much to offer than just this! Meat in all its glory (sorry vegetarians!). Â SO many spices and aromas! All of this looked yum and…
5 things to do in London over the winter
Brrr, the cold has finally started to hit us, with car windows frosting over in the morning, heating turned on to the max and hot drinks being made left, right and centre. As I sit down with my cup of tea (how can a yorkshire girl not?!) I’m looking out of the window and planning the…
A Bonfire Night to remember: The glitter of Edinburgh
The plan to go to Edinburgh has been brewing for a while. One of our good friends that has grown up there has always been nudging us to go visit there and check out how beautiful Scotland really is. And finally bonfire night this year finally fell on the weekend, which meant our plans could…
Once upon a time in Phuket
It had been 3 days. We had finished exams, packed our bags (as hurriedly as possible) and set off trying not to think about our impending results. Our first stop,Phuket. As we descended upon the large island, excitement was brewing. This wasn’t our first trip to Thailand, but we had never been to Phuket before….