Travelling has always been a dream of mine, and I got to the point where I knew I needed to do it. I didn’t want to end up being one of those people that never did the thing. No regrets. Once I had finally decided I was going to travel Europe I had to makeContinue Reading “why interrailing is the best way to see Europe”
Southampton has been my home my whole life. I have literally never moved away – the longest I’ve spent away from the city was three weeks when I went travelling. Yet there’s so much I’ve not done. It’s an ever-changing place, and the Southampton of my childhood looked nothing like it does today. InContinue Reading “southampton – my hometown bucket list”
Last year I was lucky enough to get a career break from work for six months (I didn’t actually go back, but that’s a story for another time). I decided I needed a break from being an adult, and I had the money saved to do it. I suppose it was a bit like aContinue Reading “the wandering bean: my European adventure”
Japanese food is right at the top alongside Mexican as one of my favourite genres of food. I adore sushi, so when we wandered down Bedford place once evening and discovered that not one, but TWO new Japanese restaurants had opened up, I was very excited. I have visited Zen many times and alwaysContinue Reading “exploring Southampton: tasty sushi at Sakura”
My arrival in Madrid to start my Big European Adventure was met mainly with excitement. Having realised I wasn’t actually afraid of flying, I spent a brief period of time feeling actually quite relaxed about the whole trip. I enjoyed circling over the brown, parched landscape of Spain as we prepared to land inContinue Reading “navigating the Madrid metro system”
When I first laid awake at night thinking about the possibility of travelling, my hyper-planning brain pretty much skipped deciding destinations and went straight to boring practical stuff like “how will I contact home?”, “how will I make sure my money is safe?”, and “what will I take with me?”. I decided pretty early onContinue Reading “5 tips for packing super light when travelling”
I’ve always wanted to travel, and I’ve always said that one day I would. Like so many people, “one day” was always a non-specific agreement with myself that perhaps I could keep myself going on the idea, to amble through life full of these “one day” dreams. Well I decided I don’t want to beContinue Reading “the wandering bean part 1: “one day””
