Sometimes being an expat is just downright suck-y. Most of the time living in another country is all excitement, new friends, new places and busy, crazy weekends exploring; however there are those other times when things are a little less rosy. 1.When Your Friends Back Home Don't Get It London makes you very, very poor, … Continue reading The Worst Thing About Being An Expat
London Summer has been just as I predicted - and as I was told by many disgruntled locals and tourists. 'You'll get about a week of Summer a year, and up to about 25 degrees tops!'. Finally, on a weekend trip to Brighton, Summer came in a big way. I had been planning to make … Continue reading A Weekend In The Sun – Brighton, UK
Every traveller loves a good hidden bar, something that is a little bit less known and makes them feel like they've stumbled onto something special. Nothing makes you feel less like a tourist than finding a place that even the locals don't know about. The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town is just that: secret, hidden, … Continue reading Hidden Bar: The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town, London (only for those in the know)
I just recently celebrated my 24th birthday (Hooray! Nearly quarter of a century! What a nearly-not-really-a-big-milestone!) and as it approached it came as quite a bitter sweet experience. I think any big holiday or milestone as an expat makes you think back to your family and friends in your home city and can possibly bring up those … Continue reading Your First Birthday Abroad
Once you've made the long trek boarding flights, boarding connecting flights, landing, waiting for check in luggage, hauling said luggage around, finding airport transfers and you've finally made your way to your hotel/ hostel/ couch/ flat/ park bench (that last one is a joke) and you eventually catch your breath, you'll take a look around … Continue reading So You’re An Expat : How To Set Yourself Up In London
When the sun shines in England, us expats and Londoners are morally obligated to get outside and head to the nearest green space! Primrose Hill has been on my London bucket list for quite some time and today seemed like the perfect lazy, sunny Sunday to make the trek up to North London and gaze … Continue reading Discovering Primrose Hill, London
1.Swim in a Thermal Bath Budapest is known for its fantastic thermal baths, so naturally one of the MUST DO activities in Budapest is to spend an afternoon relaxing in one of the baths in the city. The Gellert Baths & Széchenyi Baths are both very popular for locals and tourists. We took a dip … Continue reading 5 Things You Must Do In Budapest
How to keep fit while travelling or as an expat! My 10 favourite ways to keep fit in London. Shortly after arriving in the pretty city of London with its promise of amazing sites, gorgeous buildings, bustling streets, great bars & restaurants, idyllic parks, packed tubes, high rent and empty pockets; you will get told of the … Continue reading 10 Ways To Beat ‘The Heathrow Injection’
Every year for nine days in July the San Fermin Festival takes over Pamplona, Spain filling the streets with white & red, thousands of litres of beer & sangria and an exciting kind of atmosphere that I have never experienced anywhere before. If you're heading to San Fermin or The Running of the Bulls there are … Continue reading So You’re Heading To San Fermin
