I’m just going to come right out and say it: I borderline hated Marrakech. I resented having to go back after my partner and I went to Agadir. Marrakech was the fourth city I visited and it was completely unlike the other places I had been. At first it was in a good way: the…
Essaouira. What a whirlwind of a town. And by whirlwind I mostly just mean wind because that place is windy as! I really liked Essaouira and I think that given the choice of the cities I’ve been to so far, I would totally live there. It’s small enough to find people who are open to…
Almost every time I visit a new city in Europe I fall in love. Afterwards I say, “I definitely want to move here one day.” I can’t say this happened on our trip from London to Paris this time around, but Paris is still an amazing place filled with beautiful architecture, a fascinating history, a…
I’m heading to Paris this weekend and it’ll be my first time back in 5 years. The mention of Paris always brings a smile to my face but I’ve stopped telling the story of why I have such a fond memory. I started to realize it’s just one of those situations where you just had to be…
I slowed down for a second – just a second – to catch my breath. I thought I had made it past her but when I looked up she was right there. I was staring right into her face. Her lip curled bearing sharp, white teeth. Then, darkness. It was the last time I would…
If you’ve been keeping track of the ‘where I’ve been’ widget in the sidebar, you might have noticed that I’ve been doing a decent job of exploring England. I’ve recently added Bath, Bristol and Ross-on-Wye to Cambridge, Horsham, Windsor, Leicester, Bridgend, Swansea, and Whitland to my list of places I’ve visited in the UK. This…
On Finding… is a new series on my blog where I show you an unexpected find in the places I’ve visited. It smelled like your grandmother’s house. You know, the scent of decades old paper with curled corners and yellow edges combined with dust. This place is tucked in an alley just off Wenceslas Square…
Don’t Rent a Car You Don’t Know How to Drive… On my four-day trip to Guadeloupe, a French island in the Caribbean, I didn’t want to waste one second. Knowing that public transportation can be unreliable, I decided to rent a small car to get to the surf school where I’d booked a lesson. The…
I did more travelling around the UK on a two week holiday than I have in the last six months of living here. I visited London in June before I knew I would be moving here and I made it to Cambridge, Horsham/Ardingly, and Windsor. My partner and I have been meaning to go to Kent…
When we were in Martinique, my partner always said that we would go to the Czech Republic to visit his family in Chomutov and see the sights in Prague. He told me about the cycling he did in Chomutov, about nearby Karlovy Vary, and of course, the food. I wanted to know more about where…
