Goodbye Paris!!

Au revoir! À bientôt! Adieu! My time as an au pair in Paris has come to an end. It’s been a difficult few months for many reasons but it has been an incredible experience overall and I cannot express how glad I am that I decided to do this. Although 4 months doesn’t sound like […]

Kick your knees up, step in time… to Montmartre

Honestly, you’ll never need a reason and you’ll never need a rhyme to step back a few hundred years to Montmartre. When I speak to friends who have lived in or visited Paris, the general consensus is that Montmartre is everyone’s favourite so here’s my take! Around the end of the 1800’s, this quaint little […]

Dear Diary…. One Month In

I am one month in to my new Parisian life and I am already loving it so much!  As I mentioned in my previous post (La Première Semaine), I have settled in so quickly and everything seems to have magically fallen into place. To avoid constantly repeating myself, I’m not going to always blog about […]

The First Week! La Première Semaine!

Guess who’s back! Yep, I’ve packed my suitcase, bought a flight ticket and moved abroad again! After spending so much time sending off job applications to work in Spain, I gave in and went for my plan B of moving to France or China to learn a new language and experience a new culture. So […]

Exploring Balinese Mountains, Markets and Rice Paddies

Indonesia is an impressive country. Its 17,000 islands span across two continents and are home to several religions, the most dominating one being Islam. With 260 million people it is the 4th most populated country but you’ll find more than half on the island of Java which is the world’s most populated island. Some pretty […]

KL’s Bright Lights and Towering Skyscrapers

My first impression of Kuala Lumpur (more affectionately known as KL) was somewhat distorted. After just over a week in Myanmar where the buildings are run down, wifi is sparse and toilets are questionable, we were relieved to touch down in a big, clean city. Our uber picked us up from the airport about 1.30am […]