A famous man once said “he who controls Berlin, controls Europe”. Sadly I can’t remember who said it or when it was said but after visiting Germany’s capital city and learning its history I can understand why. Although Berlin is now a very vibrant city with a lot going on, it also has a very […]
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Interrailing: Amsterdam
We arrived here Saturday afternoon after a pretty rough 3 hour train from Brussels. Ammun lost her folder with the keys to her locks and we all got on the train to where our really nice hostel (Meininger again like in Brussels) is, then realising that Shelly didn’t make it on! We had to mime […]
Interrailing: Brussels and Bruges
“So how long are you staying in Brussels for?” “3 nights.” “Oh. I’d say that’s 2 nights too many.” This was the alarming conversation I had with my uncle last week who is a pilot and therefore has been to Brussels a couple of times. So we were on a mission to make sure we […]
Interrailing: Paris
Paris. The city of love and baguettes and a pretty tall tower. I’ve been to Paris 4 times before but only ever to Disneyland so (although slightly gutted I can’t be a child and run up to disney characters for a photo) I was very excited to see the real Paris! We started our interrail […]
Final Summary of my Year in Alicante!
The End Of An Era 9.5 months later and my year abroad is over. It has been the hardest 9.5 months of my life with several break downs but I’ve made it. Somehow if you had told me in November that I was gunna cry when I left and actually miss it I would have […]
Bye Bye School!
It’s two weeks late but here it is; the end of my contract at the school. I don’t think I can really describe how tired I was on the Saturday after 4 pretty hectic last weeks. Maria was on a planned leave from the school so I took over as the teacher for year 5 […]
Spanish National Pole Dance Competition!
2a Copa Pole Style España 2015, Alicante I guess I should start this blog with a few apologies. Firstly, I’m sorry this has taken so long to write because I’ve had so many people asking me about it and secondly, I’m sorry but there is no video to go with it. You’ll understand the reasons […]
The Perfect Spanish Weekend: Granada!
Last weekend I fell in love. No, sadly, I did not have some sexy Spanish man come and sweep me off my feet (at least, not yet anyway!). In fact, I actually fell in love with a city. I went to visit my friend Becca in Granada who is a friend from my uni course. […]
Optimism vs Reality
The reality of living in a foreign country alone vs the everlasting optimism that things will get better. I’ll be honest and actually say it out loud; my year abroad is not living up to the hype. The amount of times I’ve heard the phrase “a year abroad is the best year of your life” […]
Spain’s beautiful little hidden gem: Guadalest
Today, Beth and I went for a day trip to Guadalest. Guadalest is a tiny village in a valley, just over an hours coach journey from Beth’s flat in Benidorm. I’ve been before when I came to Alicante on holiday in 2010 with my family but I didn’t remember it at all until I got […]