Your vacation is meant to be a time when you can get away from it all and spend some time relaxing, whether you’re by yourself, with friends, or with family. The issue is that it can actually be hard to relax – some people just don’t seem to know how, or if they do know, …
Alright first of all I’d like to preface this with the fact that I am a big believer in chasing dreams, and I am also a big believer in accepting that it is ok for some dreams to die. In order to illustrate this best, I want to talk today about the dream that I …
I went through something of a writers‘ block a couple of months ago and it was the first time that it has ever really happened to me. I’ve had days where I couldn’t quite fire up the brain, but generally speaking I would always just write nonsense until things were once again working well. This …
Something which I have come to notice more than anything else during my time traveling and living around the world with the kids, is that you really don’t have to look far for adventure or happiness, very often it is right there in front of you. I understand the practicality and the logistic side of …
I don’t want to sit here and wax lyrical about why I, a travel writer, adore the works of Hemingway, because I am pretty sure that there are hundreds of you out there who feel exactly the same. What I do want to discuss however is the mark which Hemingway left on the north of …
During my time in Barcelona a visit to the world famous La Boqueria market was a weekly routine and it is possibly one of my favorite markets that I have visited in Europe, I have to say that Asia takes the crown for me when it comes to the old mercado, but St. Joseph’s in …
I have said this time and time again, the USA is one of the suckiest places to be a parent, and I have so many experiences which have proven this to me. Once I had conjured this up as a theory, based on the expectation that exists in this country and the ridiculous social pressure …
If you are traveling Europe with small luggage only then you are going to be able to save so much money on the fees which you pay for flights and you will also save a great deal of hassle and energy in carrying it around. Whilst there are clear benefits to this, it does of …
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I think that the travel community should always look to come together as one when it looks to inspire others to bring themselves out of their lives and onto this digital nomad road and that is why I always enjoy sharing the love. Throughout the blogging world there are some amazing people who do creative …
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I want to share a little tale with you all about expectations and perseverance, and it is all based on my foray into filmmaking, which went, well, great in the end. I had always wanted to make some movies just for the family and I realized that I was pretty good when it came to …
I am very lucky to consider myself a digital nomad and I believe that it is a lifestyle which is only going to get bigger and more popular in the future. The term digital nomad refers to anyone who is traveling the world and working from their laptop in the process, or indeed anyone who …
A great way to speed up your language learning is to apply some smart hacks, not so much shortcuts but rather tricks which will just engage your brain a little better and allow you to indulge in the learning of a language, with a little more ease. Something which I have found as I have …
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If you are going to travel with kids then there is one parenting skill which you have to learn, and it is under the category labelled ‘dark arts’. The skill in question is bribery and you are most certainly going to need to have it in your arsenal if you want to remain sane and …
During my time in Mexico I had some truly delicious dishes and I would say that one of my favorites was birria, a delicious stew which is great for all occasions and which has been known to cure just about anything. Much like the rest of us there are certain dishes which are served in …
I understand why many girls would be scared about the prospect of traveling solo. I get that there are stories of girls being assaulted, raped, or in some cases worse, and I get the shock factor of that. I have to say however that if you were to take all of the women who have …
During our time in Mexico I had been on the search for the very finest Peking Duck, strange I know, but I just had a desire to eat some and I knew that this was a growing city for international cuisine. The first thing to mention here is that the Asian cuisine options in the …
Many of you have been asking what a nomadic lifestyle looks like for those who have taken the risk and hit the road with kids, and it is something which I will always ask anyone I meet who has done the same thing. Instead of just going into what this lifestyle looks like for my …
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During my lifetime there have been some culinary advancements which have been pretty tough to get my head around, but I have always prided myself, as a traveller who wants to sample all corners of life, on giving everything a go. My most recent shocking culinary plate was a dessert made using chocolate and avocado. …
Working abroad in bars or as a waitress is all well and good but there is something very restricting about this type of life. On the face of it, you think that you are having this amazing travel experience but in reality it is more of a foreign adventure than anything else. This worked well …
Last year was a tough one, not in the sense of life in general but more about my own emotions and my own stresses, and I made a promise to myself towards the back end of the year that it had to stop. Caring too much about stuff was really inhibiting our ability to travel …
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Mexico City is a place which I really loved the second time that I went there but there is one aspect of spending time in that city which I just find very difficult, and that is the poverty, in particular when it comes to the kids. Now I have absolutely no worries about passing some …
I asked you all last month that if you could go anywhere in Europe where would it be. Now I know that many of you are ardent travelers or travelers who have a slightly different view on things, so it came as no surprise to me that many of you shunned the big hitting destinations …
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Owning things may feel as though it doesn’t cost you anything because it is paid for, but that is only true to a point. In reality there is a cost to be paid when you are the owner of something and that is a thought which has been bobbing around my head of late. Maintenance …
