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A Year in the Life of an International Teacher

Bratislava, Europe, Expat, Expat Life, Featured, Travelling, Working Overseas austria, bojnice, Bratislava, castle, cornwall, expat, heviz, hungary, iceland, international teaching, lake, looe, mountain, salzburg, Slovakia

I often get people asking me about life as an international teacher, so to honour 10 years of living overseas I have put this post together to show you what a year in my life

Aurora Borealis: 7 Things To Know Before You Go

Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Nature, Photography, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling arctic, arctic circle, aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, lapland, northern lights, northern lights apartments, porjus, sweden

Experiencing the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is on many people’s bucket list and, when seen, they offer a tantalising display of nature at her most beautiful. But, seeking the notoriously elusive aurora can be a

Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet

Asia, Beaches, Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, History, Japan, Life in India, Life in Sweden, Literature, Nature, Photography, South America, Swedish Tourism, Top Ten, Travelling army, asia, atacama desert, aurora, bolivia, bosnia, bucharest, caribbean, chile, china, colombia, dracula, edinburgh, estonia, europe, fuji, gotland, Greece, holi, iceland, iguassu, iguazu falls, india, isle of skye, istanbul, japan, Jökulsárlón, kleftiko, lapland, machu picchu, mary king close, mostar, Mumbai, new york city, northern lights, NYC, ogmore, ogmore beach, ogmore by sea, parque tayrona, peru, qatar airways, romania, rurrenabaque, san blas, scotland, skye, sri lanka, stari most, sweden, taj mahal, tallinn, terracotta warriors, udaipur, unawatuna, valparaiso, visby, wales, waterfalls, xi'an, yamuna river, zostel

I’ve been travelling the world, on-and-off, for almost 16 years—ever since an adventurous 4 week train journey took me through Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic into Romania back in the days when

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

My Top 5 Wow-Factor Destinations

Asia, Europe, Featured, Nature, South America, Travelling arctic, argentina, brazil, colombia, destinations, falls, iceland, iguazu, Jökulsárlón, lapland, parque tayrona, perito moreno, spectacular, sweden

According to the dictionary, spectacular is an adjective that means ‘beautiful in a dramatic and eye-catching way’; synonyms of which are striking, picturesque, breathtaking, arresting, glorious, and my two favourites, sublime, and awesome. Awesome as

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

10 Awesome Movie Locations Around The World

Asia, Europe, Featured, Nature, Photography, Travelling argentina, bali, bogota, bourne supremacy, brazil, breakfast at tiffany's, buenos aires, cambodia, casa rosada, colombia, eat pray love, evita, film, glencoe, glenfinnan, goa, harry potter, iceland, iguazu, india, lara croft, location, maya bay, movie, mr and mrs smith, new york city, NYC, palolem, phi phi lei, siem reap, skyfall, ta prohm, thailand, the beach, the mission, tiffany's, tomb raider, ubud, viaduct, walter mitty

When I travel I don’t deliberately seek out places that have been used as film locations, but every now and then I happen to stumble into one. Here is a round-up of the 10 best

The Highs and Lows of Searching for the Northern Lights

Europe, Nature, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling arctic circle, aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, lapland, northern lights, northern lights apartments, porjus, sweden, swedish lapland

"An obsession consumed me, and the more I saw, the more I wanted"Relentless blasts of icy wind grasped at the exposed skin of my cheeks, the only flesh not covered in layers of wool and

Spending 14 Hours With A Tour Guide Who Hated Me

Europe, Featured, Travelling, Uncategorized BusTravel, europe, iceland, ragnar, reykjavik, tour guide, travel, unfriendly

"We were only two hours into a fourteen-hour trip. It would be a long day if we couldn’t get on with the tour guide"Looking through the windows on the left-hand side of the bus, we

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

My 5 Travel Highlights of 2013

Europe, Travelling bosnia, cornwall, england, europe, glacier, iceland, isle of skye, istanbul, Jökulsárlón, lagoon, looe, mostar, scotland, skye, travel, turkey, uk

At the beginning of 2013 I had no travel plans. I had just moved to an expensive apartment in Stockholm and expected a light travel year similar to 2012. But, as is often the case

Jökulsárlón: Finding Icebergs on the Beach in Iceland

Beaches, Europe, Nature, Travelling europe, glacier, iceland, Jökulsárlón, lagoon, nature, zodiac

Incredibly, I had not heard of Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon, until a week before I left for Iceland. Of course, I knew that Iceland is full of beautiful scenery and that there is a very

Searching for the Northern Lights in Iceland

Europe, Nature, Travelling aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, nature, northern lights, reykjavik

Driving deeper into the Icelandic wilderness the excitement on the bus was tangible: the atmosphere quickening with anticipation at every twist of the winding road. People clutched their cameras and stared at the opaque blackness

Taking a Dip in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon

Europe, Nature, Travelling blue lagoon, europe, geothermal energy, health, iceland, spa

Steam rising from the milky blue water of the Blue Lagoon is probably the most iconic image of Iceland for many people. Indeed, it was one of the things that I knew I simply must

An Afternoon in Iceland’s Golden Circle

Europe, Travelling geothermal, geyser, golden circle, grayline, gullfoss, iceland, pingvellir, strokkur, tectonics, tours, waterfall

There are two reasons why I wanted to visit Iceland: spectacular scenery and the Aurora Borealis, so when I found cheap flights to Reykjavik I didn’t hesitate to book them. Initially, I wanted to hire