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Learning to (couch) surf
No sooner had I made a profile on Couch Surfing I was inundated with messages from men called Mohammed who requested to see me in London to help improve their English and perhaps sleep on my...
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Sampling the wine in Port
First stop on the wine tour… Calem cellar Long have I worked at restaurants and never known the difference between a tawny and a ruby port, a 10 year old and a Late Bottled Vintage, or even that Port...
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See Flamenco in Seville
A bit like a war dance, Flamenco is both passion and fury I didn’t know what Flamenco was before I arrived in Seville. To be honest, I’m still not entirely sure what the correct description of the...
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Walk in Lisbon
When you get to Lisbon the Portuguese will tell you about the seven hills. “As sete colinas de Lisboa,” they say. They explain quite earnestly that you must visit all of them for they all offer...
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Learn a language in Granada
My balcony is by the orange sign on the far left I decided I wanted to learn Spanish about the time Melissa and I booked a birthday holiday to Barcelona. I begged my Mexican amiga Fernanda to teach me...
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How to eat tapas in Spain
I was halfway through my trip around Spain when I learned I’d been eating wrong. Just wrong. Obviously, high on the list of visiting any new country is sampling the local cuisine. Spanish comida, I...
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How to move to the UK: Getting a visa
How to get your own Victorian dream house! As mentioned in an earlier post, I field alot of questions about the logistics of my travel, particularly finances. Recently though I have unintentionally...
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How to move to the UK: Preparation
Preparation time! Step one- book the flight Currently it seems like everybody is moving to the UK. Like, everybody. Three years ago I thought I was being the crazy, innovative one by moving to a...
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My Top Five Worst Travel Experiences
I really hate a dramatic headline but this one really kind of sums up a post where I don’t sugar coat anything. Despite the fact it kind of implies that I’ve had a lot of terrible travel experiences...
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London
London is a business suit. A shiny leather shoe. A body full of tattoos and a plum of smoke. A row of Victorian houses and a council estate. An orderly queue followed by rioting yobs. A flash of red...
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