Weekend Trip to Toronto | Canada
I was very lucky to get a job pretty quickly when I landed in Canada back in October. Luckier still that as soon as I got the job, I was offered the chance of a weekend trip to Toronto over…
Weekend Trip to Victoria | Canada
So, about three weeks ago now, I started my new job here in Canada. And within the first couple days, I discovered that I had a day off during week two, as Remembrance Day is a public holiday here. And…
Lighthouse Park Hike | Vancouver
What better way to spend a sunny autumn Saturday than on a coastal forest hike? The temperature has dropped massively in Vancouver since I arrived last month, and many days are grey or rainy. We even had snow the other…
Lynn Canyon Hike | Vancouver
One of the reasons I chose British Columbia over Canada’s other provinces for my working holiday (at least to start with) is the abundance of hiking opportunities. Although, arriving in autumn means I’ll save a lot of them until spring…
Vancouver’s Parks in Autumn
Vancouver is known for its rain, especially in autumn and winter. Fortunately, I was very lucky when I arrived here and the city greeted me with a week of glorious sunshine and crisp autumn weather. Combined with the trees decked…
Arriving in Canada on a Working Holiday
So, I’ve moved to Canada, and I’m a little over a week in so far. Strangely, it feels like much longer than that somehow, even though I still feel incredibly new to the city. My first impression of Vancouver is…
I’m Moving to Canada
Who remembers about seven years ago when I published this post about moving to Hong Kong after I finished university (that’s your cue to go and read it if you don’t remember)? Well, here we are again, except this time,…
Islay Long Weekend Trip | Scotland
After visiting the Isle of Arran earlier in the year, I was eager to continue exploring more of Scotland’s islands. Islay was the next destination, chosen after a conversation with my dad about its whisky after he and Mum visited…
3 Day Itinerary for Plymouth, Devon
The journey from Edinburgh to Devon is not a short one, with two train journeys and a mad changing of train stations via the London underground. So when I travelled down there for a UK-based holiday during Covid, I wasn’t…
3 Day Itinerary for Exeter, Devon
During the era of Covid, international travel has become a lot more complicated. So, I decided to skip the stress and go with a UK staycation instead. My destination of choice was Devon, a region I’ve never been to before…
