My whole life I’ve said I’ll see the world. As a youngster I was determined not to get stuck in the 9-5 lifestyle, I wanted to do something exciting with my life. While I sit here typing this at the office during my lunch break I’m realising that plan didn’t quite pan out. When you’reContinue Reading “Travelling Europe – is a whistle stop tour enough?”
Okay, so I want to start by saying that shit talking an entire city isn’t something I’ll be making a habit of. I just really didn’t have a good time in Milan. Some of the reasons why are down to bad luck, and others are purely down to personal taste. I’m not saying don’t goContinue Reading “the wandering bean – why I didn’t like Milan”
After a long walk along the seafront in Barcelona I was starting to feel like I could get used to the whole solo travelling thing. I even plucked up the courage to take myself out for dinner and finally eat some proper food. That was the night before I was due to travel to Marseille,Continue Reading “the wandering bean – when travel plans change”
After a 2.5 hour train ride my second stop was Barcelona. The train ride was awesome – European trains are SO MUCH nicer than British trains. There’s so much space, they’re clean, and the leave ON TIME. Though I did have to go through airport-like security to get to the platform, which was an unfamiliarContinue Reading “the wandering bean – two days in Barcelona”
Madrid was the first stop on my grand European adventure. When I got there I wasn’t exactly sure what I was doing or where I was going, but I did know I wanted to see the city and make the most of my time there. As I was a first time solo traveller with aContinue Reading “the wandering bean – one day in Madrid”
At the age of 26 I decided I was fed up with being a Responsible Adult with a Full Time Job, so I took a six month career break. It was a culmination of many things, but I’d just about had enough of my full time retail job. I had this unshakeable feeling that thereContinue Reading “the wandering bean – three things I wish I had done differently on my first solo trip”
My two days in Madrid were actually the first two days that I had ever been abroad by myself. These two days were full of new challenges, experiences, and fears I didn’t even know I had. But, they were also full of discovery and a new found resilience. I didn’t feel resilient at the time.Continue Reading “the wandering bean – tips for travellers in Madrid”
Since my first experience travelling properly last year I’ve become a bit of a wanderluster. I’d been on holidays before, but “travelling” is a different experience altogether. The travel bug is real, and I have well and truly been bitten by it. So when I got back from Canada in August it became difficult toContinue Reading “four days in Amsterdam”
The first city in my Grand European Adventure was Madrid. The plane touched down on the runway at Madrid Airport, and suddenly I was on foreign soil. For the first time in my life I was outside the UK on my own. I had officially become a Wandering Bean. As I stepped off theContinue Reading “my first day travelling alone: homesickness is real”
