Advice Archives - Runaway Brit

Why I Love Working in Europe (And Never Want to Leave)

Advice, Europe, Expat, Expat Life, Featured, Life, Teaching, Working Overseas europe, expat, international teaching, living overseas, teaching overseas

Recently, I've been reflecting on why I love living in Europe out of all the places I could go. And, yes: publishing this post as Britain perches precariously on the brink of Brexit is ironic.

Why Kathmandu Needs Tourists to Return in 2016

Advice, Asia, Featured, Travelling Durbar Square, Earthquake, Fuel Crisis, Kathmandu, nepal, tourism, travel, traveler, Traveller

“Visit Durbar Square in Kathmandu, but as there’s nothing left you shouldn’t pay the entrance fee.” This was the advice given to me by a fellow traveller during my visit to Kathmandu, Nepal. I was told

Perspectives: Why Single Indian Women Should Travel to Thailand

Advice, Asia, Beaches, Featured, Friends and Family, India, Life in India, Travelling Female Travel, india, Indian female travel, thailand, Travel to Thailand

Having been living and travelling overseas for, gulp, about 13 years now, I have met many people from many different places, all with great tales to tell. I have often thought of inviting them to

Kare Ayurveda Retreat: Eat, Stretch, Love

Advice, Asia, Featured, Food and Drink, Health & Fitness, India, Life in India, Nature, Tradition, Working Overseas ayurveda, health, iyengar, KARE, lifestyle, mulshi lake, pune, retreat, yoga

Life in Mumbai can get pretty chaotic: it’s a big city, filled with—literally—millions of people. Like Raj says in ‘Big Bang Theory’: ‘it’s hot, and it's loud, and there are so many people! You have

The Best Mumbai Street Food and Where to Try It

Advice, Asia, Featured, Food and Drink, Friends and Family, India, Life in India bademiya, elco, gastronomy, india, Mumbai, pani puri, pav bhaji, sada dosa, street food

If there is one thing you must do when you visit Mumbai it is to put all fears aside and try the street food; because, honestly? It’s simply the best street food that you will

Why You Should Visit Stockholm in Winter

Advice, Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling city break, five reasons to visit stockholm in winter, stockholm, stockholm city break, stockholm tourism, sweden, visit stockholm in winter, winter, winter break, winter tourism

Visiting Stockholm between October and May is a thought that sends shivers down the spines of many, but in my opinion it is the nicest time to visit. Although the city comes alive in the

How A Back Injury Made Me Reassess My Priorities

Advice, Featured, Travelling advice, back problems, diet, do it while you can, fitness, health, life, seize the day, travel

Last Friday evening I collapsed in my bathroom as I was about to take a shower. Just like that: I twisted slightly to one side and fell straight down like one of those controlled demolitions,

Let Travel Put Some Colour Into Your Winter

Advice, Featured, Travelling arctic circle, argentina, chile, colour, cornwall, iceland, india, Salar de uyuni, travel

Winter is Coming. Are you feeling it yet? That dull feeling that creeps into your soul as the days get shorter and darker. That heaviness in your spirit as the sky gets heavier and the

Should Travel Blogs Tell People Where NOT to Travel?

Advice, Blogging, Featured, Travelling advice, blogging, travel, travel blogs

Recently I have read a number of 'Ten Places Not to Visit' posts, or negative posts about a place disliked by the writer in which they explain why you shouldn't go there. Amongst others places, I

How to Stay Safe in Thailand

Advice, Asia, Beaches, Featured, safety, Travelling female safety, keeping safe, safety, thailand, travelling safely

I rarely write posts like this, but in the wake of the brutal murder of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao I feel compelled to write about the topic of safety

What to do in Skopje When It Rains

Advice, Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, Photography, Travelling balkans, eating, holocaust memorial centre, kaj marsalot, macedonia, memorial house, mother teresa, old house, pastel, photography, skopje, travel

You’ve just flown 3 hours south after a long, dark and exceptionally rainy Scandinavian winter, in the hopes of finding some spring sunshine only to step off the plane into colder, greyer, and wetter weather

Life Advice From ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’

Advice, Europe, Featured, Travelling advice, greenland, iceland, life, movie, travel, walter mitty

**Warning** This post contains spoilers, so if you haven’t seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty turn off the computer right now, go and see it, and come back later. From the first moment I

What to Pack for Iceland in Winter

Advice, Europe, Featured, Nature, Travelling Buff, climate, clothing, europe, Icebreaker, iceland, layers, merino, North Face, weather

There is a common saying amongst Icelanders that goes like this: ‘If you don’t like the weather in Iceland, wait 5 minutes’. The point is this: Iceland’s climate is changeable, and this makes it difficult to pack