No, this isn’t one of those “I know more than you and I shall now proceed to rub it in” posts. Come on, you know me better than that. You don’t? Well then. That’s awkward. Perhaps this post can help. Like any serious traveller, I showed up to the Vatican knowing all of two things: That it…
Have you ever returned from a trip and, upon reflection, found yourself thinking, “If only I had known some of this stuff BEFORE I went!”? At this point, you probably just shake your head and then convince yourself to move on without any regrets ’cause YOLO. Along with a timely reminder about the value of real-life…
Just in case the title didn’t give it away, I can have a flair for the dramatics. It’s okay, take your 2 seconds to roll your eyes. Done? Awesome. Seriously though, hearing about the sudden disappearance of Malta’s iconic Azure Window made me really, really sad (teary eyed typez; don’t judge). It was supposed to slowly corrode…
All it took was one day. Firenze sneaked its way in and made a clever getaway with my heart. It’s funny really, I had planned out the itinerary for every city to a T. Except Florence. And perhaps, that was the reason I fell in love with it. There were no trains to catch, no tickets booked…
We almost didn’t make it to Pisa. In retrospect, I can label it a comedy of errors and laugh about it. But at the time, it seemed less like an adventure and more like the universe was conspiring against us *cue panic attack*. Though short on time and money, the crazed tourist in me was insistent upon…
Okay so, if you’re reading this, you probably have a few questions, starting with: WHAT DOES ‘AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOVE NOTES’ MEAN? First things first. If I’ve guessed your question incorrectly, it might be because my superpower to read people’s minds is more imaginary than real (about time I accepted the hard facts!).…
I’ll be honest. Milan was never on the list. There wasn’t much I knew about the city except its status as a universally embraced arbiter of fashion and design and, of course, the Duomo. But that wasn’t enough to recommend it to me. And technically, the little time we did spend in the city didn’t…
Paris is a bon vivant, strolling through cobbled streets with an air of nonchalance, sprinkling fairy dust in its wake. It inspires and awes, never taking itself too seriously, always willing you to discover more but never quite enough. The only fear I had on my flight was that I might find it overrated –…
Berlin is a city that glimmers with the promise of adventure, culture, extraordinary architecture and, of course, fantastic food. However, dig a little deeper into its past and you’ll discover a dark history from being the headquarters of the Nazis to being bombed into ruins, divided into two and finally re-united into the city that we see…
Famous for its remarkable architecture and its art scene, Düsseldorf is one of Germany’s largest cities and the capital of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. As part of the seminar organised by Friedrich Naumann Foundation, we were lucky enough to be given a tour of the Landtag – the state parliament that convenes in Düsseldorf.…