Today is the day!
I’m flying to Australia today. Let’s hope that 30 hours of flying doesn’t send me crazy, and that when I arrive Australian immigration officers let me in. On the bright side, I’m flying Emirates. Catch you on the flip side kids!
3 Ways to Save Money while Traveling
We all know that staying at hostels, searching for deals on airfare, and traveling during the shoulder seasons can save you huge amounts of money on your big trip, but there are also a myriad number of small ways to keep your pennies while you’re on the road. Save them on the boring things so
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So You Want to Start a Travel Blog 3: Making a Successful Blog
If you are just joining this series, you should read Part 1 and Part 2 first. This, Part 3 covers ways to promote your blog and expand your readership, and information on whether or not monetizing your blog is for you. Look at that. You’ve got a blog, you write in it regularly, and
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An Eccentric Feast: Culinary Adventures with Food in England
“The food in England is probably awful.” Despite defiant articles in culinary magazines touting the rise of the gastro-pub and how England’s food really has been improving in recent years, this stereotype of awful food has persisted. I have to debunk that myth now. Well, sort of. But first I have to mention the chip
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So You Want to Start a Travel Blog: Part 2
For those just joining, this is part 2 of a three-part series on how to start your own travel blog. Check out Part 1 here or come back on Tuesday to read the final installment. In the last installment, we talked about the reasons for starting a blog and whether you should use a free
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So You Want to Start a Travel Blog: Part 1
You’ve bought your ticket, you’ve reorganized the contents of your backpack twelve times, and you’ve been voraciously consuming ever iota of information and advice you can find about your destination online. And then your mother says, “Don’t forget to Skype us!” and your friends say, “You better send us emails,” and you realize that
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Hiking Kinder Scout in the Peak District
The sharp-faced woman behind the information desk eyed us sourly and passed a slim pamphlet over. “The long walk for hiking Kinder Scout is ten miles and will probably take you a bit too long,” she said. “There’s a shorter hike though. That takes six hours.” She glanced at our jeans, inappropriate footwear and lack
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The Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Pros: It’s completely free! Every Thursday they have an event called Thursday Lates. The museum is open until 9 pm and has talks, workshops, and drinks. What’s better than alcohol and art? It has a pretty fantastic collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings It’s housed in two connected buildings which are fairly impressive in their own right.
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England – cats in ruffs and the Chicken Shop
Six days ago I uncurled myself from the fetal position I’d been locked in for eight hours on the plane. I stood in line at security, worried that the infamously picky UK border control would find something they didn’t like and send me back. I breezed through without a second look however, and proceeded to
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Leaving My Country (Again)
It doesn’t matter how many times I fly, I always get nerves. What if I’ve dropped my passport/wallet/boarding pass/phone somewhere? What if I’ve forgotten some important detail? What if they change my boarding gate and I sit in the wrong place while my plane takes off somewhere else? What if what if what if? But
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Australia 