MALAYSIA | Wednesday, 16 Apr 2014 | Views [303] | Scholarship Entry
“Only seven hundred metres left to the summit!” Pingi, our tour guide exclaimed, with far too much excitement for four-thirty in the morning. The small man, going on at least fifty; with bowed legs and a smile full of pearly white teeth turned around ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
NORWAY | Wednesday, 26 Feb 2014 | Views [249]
Have you ever been somewhere that is like no where you have ever been before. Like you have literally been plonked into a middle of a movie set? This is how I have felt the past four days. Like I've been living in a winter wonderland.
I arrived into ... Read more >
Tags: #ablondeandherpassport, #arctic, #europe, #ilovenorway, #norway, #scandinavia, #snow, #travel, #tromso
NETHERLANDS | Thursday, 9 Jan 2014 | Views [250]
Being an au pair in a city like Den Haag where the expat population rivals the native population you are always bound to meet somebody from around the world. In fact, I have met more expats than locals, which has done nothing to improve my Dutch or my ... Read more >
Tags: #aupair, #aussiegirl, #australia, #dutchlife, #netherlands, #thoughts, #travel
NETHERLANDS | Wednesday, 13 Nov 2013 | Views [296]
Before I left for Europe I succumbed to the trend of buying a GoPro camera. I had envisioned creating epic pictures and movies from all around the world and I would be admired by friends and family for my creative talent and oh-so adventurous lifestyle.... Read more >
Tags: #europe, #europe, #gopro, #photography, #travel, #video
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 30 Sep 2013 | Views [163]
The past weekend I marked the occasion of making it through my first month as an au pair by flying across the North Sea to the land of the Poms to visit some friends. This sounds like a big deal but in reality its a mere 45 minute flight in a plane that ... Read more >
Tags: #ablondeandherpassport, #blogger, #london, #travel, #traveleurope, #weekend