In light of the sad recent loss of Seamus Heaney, I though I’d start off with the beginning of one of his poems, Blackberry Picking: “Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one,...
Remember how I said St Suliac was so peaceful and quiet? Well St Malo is the complete opposite, but I liked it a lot. To be fair, we only visited the old town, but there was so much great stuff going on that I...
Isn’t it funny how every language, country and nationality has a reputation, and more often than not, said reputation really is true? Oh, how amusing I find it! The French are romantic wine-drinkers, the Italians are sensual pasta-fanatics, the Spanish are laid-back party-goers, and...
I wasn’t going to blog about this. I was just going to let it slide, leave it as an amusing anecdote and one of my more-liked facebook statuses. But the more I’ve thought about the encounter I experienced a couple of days ago, the...
Place des Vosges, ParisIn a month and a half or so, I shall be moving to Germany to start my third year abroad. Considering how much time I have until I’m due to leave, I’m not quite sure why I’m so apprehensive already. Hmm....
It’s no secret that I love markets (sorry not sorry for instagramming pictures of strawberries every weekend), and I’m in market heaven here in Brussels. However, the main ones here in Brussels are in fact only on at weekends.This basically means I try and...
Exciiiiiiting! When I saw the Cosmo Blog Awards shortlist had been announced yesterday, I excitedly clicked the link, hoping to see some of my fave blogs up there. Never in a million years did I expect to see my own little blog on the...
Everyone knows what student life is supposedly about: going out to clubs and getting drunk. (Oh, and getting a degree.) Yeah! Students! Right?Yeah. There are those students. And then there’s me.However, I know that I’m not actually alone in my dislike of clubs and...
I can’t quite believe it’s less than a week until Christmas. The build up to the festive period seems to have been going on for ages, and despite the commercialisation of it all, this is my favourite time of the year. I recently read...
I know. I can hardly believe that title either. But yes, folks, I am not making this up – over my Easter holiday, I did a couple of week’s work experience alongside the legendary Hilary Alexander and her fashion team at The Daily Telegraph...