So many people I know have told me to avoid Brussels. 'It has no charm', they say, 'Go to Bruges'.
Now, for some reason or another, I have ended up in Bruges three or four times in my short life, and each time I have to keep noting not to return. An idyllic town certainly, but I go to university in Durham, and it's effectively a flatt…
12 months ago I had vowed never to get on a plane again. Since I was 15 years old I spent lengthy holidays travelling up and down Europe by train, bus and ferry, desperate not to miss out on the post-Exams Ibiza beach party or the holiday villa with my parents.
Then 12 months ago my life changed. My mum had been working abroad in Tanzania, my friends were scattered across the globe and I realised that I wanted to be a travel writer.
Thus began the first leg of getting back into fly…
12 months ago I had vowed never to get on a plane again. Since I was 15 years old I spent lengthy holidays travelling up and down Europe by train, bus and ferry, desperate not to miss out on the post-Exams Ibiza beach party or the holiday villa with my parents.
Then 12 months ago my life changed. My mum had been working abroad in Tanzania, my friends were scattered across the globe and I realised that I wanted to be a travel writer.
Thus began the first leg of getting back into flying, and absolutely destroying my perfect carbon footprint. The earth would never look at me the same way again.
So many people I know have told me to avoid Brussels. 'It has no charm', they say, 'Go to Bruges'.
Now, for some reason or another, I have ended up in Bruges three or four times in my short…
1 essay down, 5 summatives still to go? If the need for a weekend shot of some serious R&R has meant googling pictures of St Lucia whilst 'researching' and trawling Jet2's pages instead o…
Shopping is Paris. Chanel, Dior, Gautier and so many more designers have fashion houses here, the home of fashion, clothes, handbags and shoes. It makes a grown woman cry to think of all the f…
It can sometimes feel a bit daunting to be faced with a huge city, a huge number of sites, and an empty purse. Paris is one of those cities that is fantastically good value when it comes to si…
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