Europe

Please note, content in this post may be considered sensitive by some readers. I was locked out. No amount of banging or phone calls was going to change the fact that there was no way I could get into the hostel and that meant one thing – I was once again faced with the prospect [...]

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Being Greeted with a Smile in Brighton

by Nicole on January 31, 2012

Trains were late, the weather was drizzling – something I had imagined was only isolated to London – but as the salt air came in off the ocean and filled my lungs everything seemed better, it began to feel like home. This ‘home’ I speak of is Brighton, the seaside town famous for its Pier [...]

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After quitting my job in London I had… no, I needed to get out of the city to gather myself after making the decision to return to Australia. I hated London and didn’t want to be in such a grey miserable city for a minute longer, but that left me in a predicament about where I could [...]

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Black Taxi Tour of Belfast

November 4, 2011

The Berlin walls fell over 20-years ago yet it still remains one of the most popular attractions for the city, but there are more than one set of walls in Europe and this one is still standing strong. Covering over a 20km stretch, many people of my generation probably don’t even know where Belfast is [...]

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What is J-Dag? – A Celebration in Copenhagen

November 3, 2011

Merry people bounding down the streets sporting blue Santa hats, bars are full of happy customers and the streets are lined with… foam? This was the scene that we were met with soon after leaving Nørrebro Bryghus in the trendy suburb of Nørrebro; and it appeared the closer to the city centre we walked the [...]

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I actually like London…

August 12, 2011

I hate London. It may seem like a strong choice of wording, but a part of me truly dislikes the country where the sky is always a shade of grey, to wear thongs (or flip-flops) outside of summer gets a disapproving stare from the public, and the city whose main form of public transport permanently [...]

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