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Čičmany: Slovakia’s Charming Gingerbread Houses

Bratislava, Europe, Expat, Featured, Tourist Attraction, Tradition cicmany, design, museum, Slovakia

Čičmany in central Slovakia comes straight from the pages of a fairy-tale book. The picturesque village sits in a verdant meadow surrounded by pine forests, but this is not what makes it so delightful. What's

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Kayaking on the Danube in Bratislava

Bratislava, City Break, Europe, Expat, Expat Life, Featured, Nature, Tourist Attraction, Travelling, Working Overseas Bratislava, danube, kayaking, lake, Slovakia

Peeping through the trees ahead of me, the iconic shape of the castle reminds me that although I am kayaking in the countryside, I’m actually still in the city. That’s the beauty of Bratislava, one

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Love in the Time of Coronavirus

Bratislava, Europe, Expat, Expat Life, Featured, Friends and Family, Health & Fitness, Teaching, Working Overseas Bratislava, coronavirus, europe, international teaching, Slovakia, teaching

With coronavirus currently decimating the travel industry, it’s a good time to write about my life as an international teacher instead. I don’t write frequently, because I can't travel full-time like I'd hoped I would

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Bratislava Christmas Markets

Why You Should Visit the Bratislava Christmas Markets This Season

Bratislava, City Break, Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, Tourist Attraction, Travelling Bratislava, christmas market, market, Slovakia

Once again, Christmas—the most wonderful time of the year—is upon us; and Bratislava just burst into life with festive crooners singing jovially of snow, sleigh-bells and chestnuts roasting on open fires. Ridiculously cute wooden cabins

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Kosice Old Town

Košice, Slovakia: Try Once, Love Forever

City Break, Europe, Featured, Health & Fitness, History, Tourist Attraction, Travelling biela noc, Kosice, marathon, peace marathon, Slovakia, white night

Home of Europe's Oldest Annual Marathon Slovakia is an underrated travel destination; most people I meet have never heard of it, and could not point it out on a map, so it was surprising to learn

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Europe Travel: Eight Lakes in Six Days

Europe, Featured, Nature, Tourist Attraction austria, balaton, bled, bohinj, europe, Hallstatt, heviz, hungary, lake, lake bled, mondsee, Slovakia, slovenia, wolfgangsee, zlaty piesky

"What do you want to see on our trip around Europe?" I asked my friend. "Mountains, lakes, or beaches" came the reply. Lakes, it is then. Because Europe is so compact, one of the best

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10 of the Best European Old Towns to Visit this Spring

City Break, Europe, Featured, History, Top Ten, Tourist Attraction, Travelling Bratislava, Budva, corfu, dubrovnik, gamla stan, Hallstatt, mostar, Old Towns, prague, Slovakia, stockholm, tallinn, Trencin

Who doesn't love visiting a Historic Old Town? My teaching career has shuttled between Europe and Asia on more than a few occasions: I moved from the UK to Vietnam in 2007, Vietnam to Sweden

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Tatra Mountains, Slovakia

A Snowy Weekend in the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia

Bratislava, City Break, Europe, Expat Life, Featured, Nature, Tourist Attraction, Travelling Bratislava, Slovakia, Tatra mountains, Tatras, Tatrasky

A few weeks ago, I was tired of the rainy, grey, city sky. I desperately wanted blue sky, crisp air, and plenty of snow. I longed to see mountains; and for that, I would have

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Čachtice: The Castle of the Bloody Countess

Bratislava, Europe, Featured, History, Tourist Attraction, Travelling ?achtice, Elizabeth Bathory, Slovakia

It’s on a frigid Sunday in late October that I find myself climbing towards the ruins of a 13th Century limestone castle in Čachtice, Slovakia. Battling a bitter wind I draw my coat closer around

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A Year in the Life of an International Teacher

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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

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Spring in Bratislava is a great time to visit!

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Readjusting to a European winter after two years of perpetual summer in India has been harder than I thought. I’m not sure why, because I like winter. For the last few months in Mumbai I’d

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macaron, Bratislava

Boulanger & Patissiere: Bratislava’s Macaron Masterclass

Bratislava, Europe, Expat, Expat Life, Featured, Food and Drink Boulanger & Patissiere, Bratislava, cooking class, macaron, Slovakia

I’ve always liked the look of a dainty, brightly coloured, meringue macaron. You know, the ones that you see piled delicately on silver platters in fancy cake shops? They look exquisite, but as I'm more

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Orava Castle: Inside the Lair of a Vampire

Europe, Featured, Literature, Tourist Attraction, Travelling dracula, Nosferatu, Orava, Orava Castle, Ovavsky Hrad, Slovakia

The flickering, grainy image of a hunched figure creeping up a silhouetted staircase, his claw-like hand extending towards a shadowed door, is an iconic piece of cinema history belonging to the 1922 German Expressionist movie,

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Festivals, Food & Fun: Seven Weeks in Bratislava

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Having lived in Bratislava for only seven weeks I am still new to Slovak culture, particularly as I knew very little about either Slovakia or the city before I came here. It is true to say,

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A Day Trip to Devin Castle from Bratislava

Bratislava, Europe, Expat Life, Featured, History, Tourist Attraction, Travelling Bratislava, castle, Devin, nature, Slovakia, walk

Autumn has arrived in Bratislava. Only last week I wore summer dresses and flip-flops, but this week it’s all scarves, winter coats and boots. When yesterday dawned cold but sunny, I went for a walk

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The One Where I Moved to Bratislava

Bratislava, Europe, Expat Life, Featured, Travelling, Working Overseas Bratislava, expat, living overseas, Slovakia

Just like that, two years passed and I was standing with all my bags at Mumbai airport ready to leave India for another new life somewhere else. You can see my last day in India by

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Welcome!

My name is Elaine. I am a British teacher who left the UK to work overseas many years ago. So far I have taught in Japan, Vietnam, Sweden, India, and now Slovakia.

I make the most of my holidays to do the thing I love most…travel!

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

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