At the weekend, I went to Rome. I booked the flights on the morning of April 16th – that’s the morning after the Notre Dame fire, because that Monday evening I realised that those huge historic permanent monuments that are part of our very existence are not as permanent as I thought. The Sistine Chapel … More On the Ceiling: I went to the Sistine Chapel
Ever since I first saw the Hurtigruten, Norway’s “Express Route” ferries-slash-cruise ships in Trondheim in May 2011, I wanted to travel on them. However, boats and emetophobia don’t go all that well together and I put it off for a few years until very suddenly, in December 2015, I suddenly saw a way to do … More The Hurtigruten: The most beautiful ferry/cruise ever
I didn’t do much research before going off to Malta. It came up pretty suddenly – I only booked the flights about ten days before I went and there was quite a lot going on in early January so I didn’t do a lot of research which meant that a few things caught me by … More Things that surprised me about Malta
All Girl Guides and Girl Scouts have five homes around the world, the World Centres. We have one of them right here in London, Pax Lodge, and I spent the Thinking Day weekend there. Thinking Day is the most important day in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)’s calendar – it’s … More Turn Back Time: A Pax Lodge Challenge Around London
I didn’t know a lot about Malta before I went there. I didn’t even know what town my hostel was in – I now know it’s officially Marsa but it seems to be at the crossroads of every town I’ve ever heard of and a few I haven’t. Everyone at work knows Malta pretty well … More Valletta: a day in the fortified city
In 2014, Iceland quietly had a massive volcanic eruption that lasted for six months. Hardly anyone outside Iceland heard of it because unlike when Eyjafjallajökull erupted, it didn’t affect anyone else. It was a fissure eruption up in the Highlands that poured lava and poisonous gases and fire fountains for six months and resulted in the … More The Volcano Adventures – Leirhnjúkur
Here’s something I’ve not really seen on travel blogs before. People assume everyone knows how to get on a plane but I know there are people who don’t, so hello those people – these blog is just for you! Print-friendly PDF of this post available right here for taking with you Step One: finding the … More Flying 101: How to get on a plane by yourself
The first thing I did in Malta was go to Gozo. That’s what had been recommended to me most in the couple of weeks – well, ten days – between booking and flying, so that was my first stop. It was hot when I reached my local bus stop, which was made out of glass … More Hopping around Gozo
Airlines have reputations and in Europe, the airline with the single worst reputation is Ryanair. If you’re fortunate enough to have never encountered Ryanair, it’s a low-cost low-frills airline of the lowest kind. To quote my boss’s disgruntled mum (to be fair, she’s disgruntled about everything and that’s putting it very politely), “we didn’t even get … More I flew on Ryanair for the first time!
Is this a post about my weekend in Glasgow in July or is it a post about traveller’s guilt? I don’t know. I went to Glasgow in July and although I did do some things, mostly I sat in my lovely flat, reading books and eating toast and lying in the bath. I don’t feel … More Me-time in Glasgow
I Am A Polar Bear 