When you move to Italy, you will be astounded by how much paperwork there is to do, and how little o...
As sad as this may sound, I often get just as much joy from planning a holiday as I do from the holi...
About 4 nanoseconds after sitting down at my desk after the Christmas break, I was already daydreami...
I have to admit that I knew very little about Latvia before booking flights there a couple of months...
Somewhat laughably, despite having CITTADINANZA: IRLANDESE (Nationality: Irish) stamped on all my It...
I admit, I was a bit nervous about visiting Latvia in freezing February, almost exclusively for sartorial reasons. Would my much-loved bobble hat be warm enough? Would my toes drop off if I didn't wear 8 pairs of socks under my...
I have to admit that I knew very little about Latvia before booking flights there a couple of months ago. I'd been on the hunt for a destination for a February mini-break (cleverly combining S's Christmas present with our anniversary celebrations - smart,...
We’ve all been there - you hear a friend talking about their upcoming business trip to some foreign city or other, and feel a pang of envy before pronouncing the words, “You’re so lucky!”. But the truth of the matter...
At 7.54 p.m., you arrive at your regular supermarket looking windswept and flushed having realized, six minutes before the store closed, that you have nothing at all left in the cupboard, except for four strawberries, the dregs of a tub...
About 4 nanoseconds after sitting down at my desk after the Christmas break, I was already daydreaming about how to get away again (isn’t being an adult fun?). One evening a few days later, as I was trying to distract myself...
2018 marks my sixth year in Italy (how did that happen?) and my fifth time looking for a new flat in Turin. Every time I have to do it, I'm reminded that house hunting in Italy is not a pleasant experience,...
Whenever it rains here in Turin - and I honestly mean every single time - someone chuckles as they say to me, "You should be used to this, you're from England". But just because we've grown up with near-constant drizzle and...
Unless a money tree sprouts inside my flat pretty soon (a girl can dream) there's no way I can afford a big long-haul trip this year. Instead, my 2018 travel mantra is "cheap and cheerful", and I've decided to master...
On my recent trip to England, I was keen to do something which I hardly ever do when visiting my family in the UK: I wanted to say no to homemade bacon sandwiches and takeaway Chinese food, and yes to...
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