In light of International Women’s Day, and the news of the horrific ordeal faced by a 22-year-old Brit in Australia over recent months, I think it’s more important than ever to discuss the issue of sexism, harassment and, more importantly, the safety of female travellers around the world. … More The Plight of the Female Traveller
As I’ve reached Christmas break I decided that now may be a good time to review my time so far in the form of a country showdown! Before I begin I’d like to point out that this list is based on personal preferences only, so all points are debatable, these are just my opinions! CATEGORY: … More Spain vs. UK – The Showdown
Ok so once again I am extremely behind on my postcard blogs, but being busy travelling every weekend in order to have something to write about seems like a pretty good excuse to me 😛 Anyway, here are all the details of my Halloween weekend trip to Sevilla! (Sidenote: shout out to WordPress for updating their … More Exploring… Sevilla!
For people doing the programme/ anyone who would like a funny insight into the life of a language assistant in Spain, have a read! Enjoy … More My life as a language assistant in Spain (GIF style…)
Here is the second in my Postcard Scrapbook collection. Apologies that this post too is a little late (I may as well just have this message as a permanent disclaimer for every post by now!), but time flies when you’re busy Spaining around so I’ve only just found time to catch up on this one! … More Exploring… Málaga!
I’ve now been working in my schools for the past 3 weeks so this post is slightly late; however, it means I have more to fill you all in on! For anyone out there thinking about becoming a language assistant through British Council (like me) or Study Abroad then hopefully this will give you an insight … More Working as a language assistant (my first weeks at school!)
This is the first entry in my “Postcard Scrapbook” collection, where I’ll be sharing with you my adventures in various towns/ cities I visit during my year abroad, and bringing back a postcard from each to add to my scrapbook! (The clue is in the name…) As one of my nearest big cities, and the capital of the … More Exploring… Córdoba!
Hola! So as you can guess from the heading this post is being put up a little late (as I haven’t updated in two weeks, since moving into the new flat!) So apologies for that but here are some pics of the new pad for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet, plus a little tour … More Welcome to my (not so) new piso!
Firstly, apologies that the formatting on this thing is pretty crap, but here is my journey from Salisbury to Puente Genil in pictures! Keep your eyes peeled for my next post where I’ll be updating everyone on my first week in the town! Hasta luego
So anyone who read my last blog post may remember that my first (very boring) goal was to stay under the baggage weight limit when packing up my stuff, to avoid any incidents at the airport. Well I succeeded! (ish) So in this post I’ll just be letting you know how I got on with my preparations for moving, plus giving a few tips on how to (or maybe how not to) prepare for a year abroad for any other travellers out there… … More Goal 1 complete! … sort of
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