travelling. lifestyle. eating.
This is going to be a real honest post, and will probably be even more poorly written than my usual posts -- just a heads up. The first time I joined Instagram, it was circa 2011 -- about one year after the app was released. It was borne a place of cat photos and ugly [...]
Being tight-fisted is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing, because it helps me to be more savvy when planning my finances, and a curse because it does severely restrict some things -- like travel. For instance, up until the age of 26 I'd never set foot outside of Europe. I'd longingly research airfares [...]
Usually we manage to get away for a quick city break or Europe adventure every month. That's normally one (two if we're lucky!) night(s) maximum, typically with a 6am flight out of London, and an 11pm arrival back home leaving us absolutely exhausted but feeling achieved of inspiration and adventure and wanderlust. Recently we had [...]
Waiting in the queue at the border to drive into Bosnia and Herzegovina, I anxiously tapped my fingers on the steering wheel and wondered what sort of prying questions they might ask about why we're entering their land. Being part of the EU, I'm used to being able to roll between France, Germany, Belgium to [...]
My homemade pancakes have been a wee bit of a hit on Instagram and I've had a few requests for the recipe. So ta-da! I'm putting it together for you. These pancakes are quick to make and will create joy any time of day, whether at breakfast or for late night cravings! 😋 Ingredients 3/4 [...]
I meant to write this post in January. But time flies. Work got in the way. My fitness instructor course dominated my free time. And ohh look, it's March. Having decided I wanted to start planing my travel ahead, I thought a blog post would help me stay focused on my goals. All my travels [...]
Last week I received some backlash on social media. I know, who doesn't nowadays right? This particular person's problem with me was that my "product placement" was terribly placed. I was told to get a job instead of writing "fake reviews", followed by some defamatory remarks insinuating I don't do anything of any real purpose. [...]
Walking up a wood chip pathway following specially planted solar lights at 9pm on a chilly Irish Saturday, we wondered what await us down the end of the path. Our 'Yurtreat', which we'd quickly checked into a few hours previous, that had been lovely and warm thanks to a wood burner lit by our host, [...]
I'm joking. As the stereotype goes, Sweden is waay more full of brunettes than blondes. However there were still plenty of men of a certain generation (circa my dad's age) who entirely endorsed the chin-length dirty blonde hair over a gruff beard look. I saw a few Swedish walrus moustaches. There were many nipple-brushing grungy [...]
Dowsed with floods, rain, sleet and snow in winter and more rain in summer, the Lake District is well known as one of England's most popular holiday destinations. People come in droves to spend time in tucked away cabins and cottages -- but everything is so sparse that it doesn't seem busy at all. In [...]
go west, my girl 