It’s almost always worth getting out of the centre of a big city – it’s where the people live, it’s where real life rather than tourist life happens. I went out to the Stockholm suburbs because that’s where I was staying. We did spend most of our time in central Stockholm – Esther likes playing … More Getting out into the Stockholm suburbs
The Laugavegur Diaries part 1 was published on March 1st but it was actually written in mid February so this first update covers my preparation from then until the end of March because this one is literally being written as a diary and updated as I go along. Booking Well, the walk itself is now … More The Laugavegur (Prep) Diaries: part 2
It’s just too easy to title this “Art on the T-bana” or something along those lines. But it’s true, some of the stations on Stockholm’s metro system, the Tunnelbana or T-bana, are indeed works of art. I didn’t notice them at first. The green line, which I used on my first couple of days, is … More Cave paintings in the Stockholm metro
Without my native guide (read: best friend from school who moved there last spring), I would have totally overlooked Skansen. It was certainly mentioned in my guidebook but it wouldn’t have caught my attention and even if it had, I probably wouldn’t have gone there. But Esther, who has three children under ten, has a … More I saw a moose in central Stockholm!
The night before I went to Stockholm, I stayed in a purple pod in Gatwick. It’s called Yotel (and I’m not sponsored; I’m just surprised more people don’t know about it). It’s a chain, with hotels in Gatwick, Heathrow, Paris CDG, Amsterdam Schiphol, Singapore, Boston & New York. I’ve only stayed in the Gatwick one. … More Staying in Gatwick’s purple pods
I’ve wanted to write this post for years. It makes a relatively big impact on my life – and definitely on my relationships with people. Hi. I’m Juliet and I have an eating disorder. It’s not anorexia or bulimia or one of the ones with names. If it had a name, life would be so … More How to travel with an eating disorder
Judging by the number of times I’ve been ill in Iceland, I can only conclude they spray you with the Pathogen of the Month as you walk through passport control at Kef. This year it was only a cold, albeit of the variety that stuck around for eight weeks. I’ve had worse and more aggressive … More When travel goes wrong: the trip to Iceland I didn’t enjoy
Since I’m walking the Laugavegur trail in July, it’s time to talk about the time I sampled it. In the summer of 2012 I did a day trip to Landmannalaugar. Just long enough to visit the hot spring and then run across the floodplain to see what else this little oasis had to offer. I … More Walking the Grænagil-Laugavegur loop
Last November I went to Latvia and because I’m using it for the Explore My World section of my Silver Voyage Award I made a little scrapbook of it which I showed you late last year. I enjoyed it so much that I thought I’d go back to September and make one for my trip … More Meet my Iceland scrapbook
This week I decided to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: I’m going to walk Iceland’s Laugavegur Trail and I’m going to keep a diary of the preparation and the real thing, partly to keep track of everything and partly to make sure I have no choice but to do it. … More The Laugavegur (Prep) Diaries: part 1
I Am A Polar Bear 