My Ancestry DNA Results
Ok, so these DNA tests to see where your ancestors are from have been circulating the internet for a few years now, so I’m a touch late to the party. I’d thought about doing one for a while,…
Parliament House & Merchants’ Hall | Edinburgh
Every year Edinburgh has a weekend known as ‘Doors Open Days’, where you get the chance to exclusively access different locations around the city for free. Some are open year round but wave their admission charges for the…
A-Z of Scotland
I’ve previously written an A-Z post about Edinburgh, as well as a few other places I’ve lived, but I thought I’d widen my reach and write one about my home country of Scotland as a whole. Edinburgh has…
Great Historic Scottish Women | International Women’s Day
(source) In celebration of today being International Women’s Day, I’m sharing some of the greatest women from throughout Scottish history. I learned a lot while researching this post, as much of my knowledge of history prior to this…
Top 5 Asian Cities
So the other week I wrote this post about my five favourite cities in Europe, and the reasons I enjoyed my visits there so much. This time, I thought I’d turn to the other part of the world…
The Writer’s Museum | Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a city with a rich literary history, with many writers having been born here or spending much of their literary careers. The city’s eclectic streets and fascinating history have inspired countless tales, to the point where Edinburgh was…
Top 5 European Cities
Most of my travel posts in the last few years have focussed on Asia, since I was living and working there, so I thought today we’d turn back to Europe, since that’s where I now find myself again…
A Guide to Edinburgh’s Royal Mile
Just because I’m living in my home country again, doesn’t mean I can’t still write travel posts! Plenty of people can, and do, come to Scotland as tourists, and as a native of the country, I’m probably even better equipped…
Top Five East & South East Asian Countries
Over the past two years, I’ve travelled through 14 countries, covering most of East and South East Asia (promise, I will shut up about it all soon!) – the only major countries I haven’t been to are Myanmar,…
East Java | Java Part 4
After three nights in the centre of Yogyakarta, we continued on our journey east across Java, to spend our remaining nights there in three different, much more rural locations. Each of the places we stayed only needed a…
