• Long Weekend in Taupō - feature photo - Māori rock carvings on the shores of Lake Taupō, New Zealand
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    Long Weekend in Taupō

    Easter Weekend rolled around early this year, just a few weeks after my birthday trip to Tauranga. I wasn’t expecting to be planning and taking so many trips not long after arriving in New Zealand! But I wanted to take…

  • Highlights of Wellington - feature photo - Wellington cable car, skyline and waterfront, New Zealand
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    Highlights of Wellington

    It’s already been 3 months since I moved to Wellington and in that time I’ve explored quite a lot of the city! I’ve been trying to pace myself, so I don’t run out of things all year, but between taking…

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    Rome City Break | Part 2

         Ok so this post is arriving much later than expected, and some of the Christmas and New Year posts I’ve writing in previous years are not going to materialise this time. Life got very busy in the last…

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    Musings from a Tourist Town

         The cobbled streets weave in and out of each other, a never-ending maze where every corner looks the same yet entirely different. The buildings stand tall on either side, towering precariously high overhead, their rough stonework marked with…

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    A-Z of Europe

         It feels like it’s been a while since I did any sort of A-Z post, so I’m back at it this week! I did one of these for East & South East Asia, after living there for 2…

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    Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum | Glasgow

         So, back when I was in university, I would spend my summers working for a language school, taking teenagers on trips around parts of Scotland. Often, I got to see places I had never been myself before either.…

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    Drakensberg | South Africa

         Apologies for the long blogging absence readers, it’s been a busy few weeks! I just returned from a trip to South Africa, on which I was mostly camping, didn’t take my laptop, and had limited internet connection. As…

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    Outfit – I’ll Have That Drink Now

         Since it’s Halloween this month, I’ve decided to stick with a villains theme for my Disneybounds, starting off with a Marvel character this time. I’ve tried to put together a Loki-inspired outfit, from the ‘Thor’ and ‘Avengers’ movies.…

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    Outfit – Let Me Put You On Hold

         I’ve taken a break from classic animated Disney this week, to do an outfit inspired by another Marvel character. I did Captain America a few months ago, and this time I’ve chosen Black Widow – so obviously, all…

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    Outfit – Just a Kid from Brooklyn

         So, in honour of the new Avengers: Infinity War movie being released last week, which I went to see yesterday, I’ve put together an Avengers inspired outfit – after all, Disney owns Marvel, so it still counts as…