My most asked question

My most asked question

With all the questions I have been getting, it seems like a wedding update is in order. It is currently the most asked question in my life at the moment. Having organised a few events in my time, I wasn’t too stressed about organising this. Plus, all the things that...
Russian Remedies

Russian Remedies

The last time I wrote about school, (apart from the Der, Die, Das disaster) I was in Guatemala studying Reiki. Now, I am studying German in Austria and thoroughly enjoying being an international student. Don’t get me wrong, German isn’t easy (see my last post) but I...
Picture perfect Copenhagen

Picture perfect Copenhagen

Denmark. You really live up to your name. I have been trying to think about how best to describe you but travel writers before me have already done so well.  Instead I will paint a picture. You are walking down the street, along the footpath and taking care to look...
Gender confusion in class…. Die, Der, Das

Gender confusion in class…. Die, Der, Das

Recently people have been asking me how my German lessons are coming along, so I thought I’d give you the real story. German isn’t the hardest language to learn, but it isn’t the easiest either. Why? Because everything has to be classified as male or...
The Friday Afternoon Traveller’s Club

The Friday Afternoon Traveller’s Club

Recently it seems that every Friday afternoon I find myself in a new country. This is not as exotic as it seems – Bratislava is only an hour away by train – but it certainly has been fun. Vienna (Austria), Istanbul (Turkey), Budapest (Hungary) and...
Remembering the ANZACS

Remembering the ANZACS

Gallipoli is always a destination high on the list for Australian travellers and now I can say that I am lucky enough to have been.   The Gallipoli peninsula is a (long!) day trip from Istanbul, but it was time well spent. To see it with my own eyes was really...