Some may say that Edinburgh is a small city, but that doesn’t mean it’s not full of things to see and do. It is historic, artistic and it suits both, people looking for outdoorsy Scottish…
Category: Stories on the road
Day-to-day experiences abroad and just a little bit of fiction.
10 Things no one tells you about being a full-time solo traveller
One week from now it’s going to be six months since I left Guadalajara back in the summer of 2016. I still can’t believe that I’ve been away from home for half a year. Since…
On spending the Holidays away from home
“So, where’s home?” a Mexican-American guy asked me once while I was in Belgium. I had to stop and think about it for a moment. Since this summer, home has become a very flexible term…
Inside Belfast Christmas Market
If you (like me a few years ago) are not familiar with the concept of a Christmas Market, let me explain it real quick. Some would say that a Christmas Market is a European tradition,…
A weekend in the Highlands
Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. The opinions I express here are entirely my own. (Unfortunately) I’m not getting paid to write any of this (yet). I had been dying to go to the…
On how I was kicked out of a hostel in Scotland (sort of)
Disclaimer: The contents of this publication may or may not be real. Some parts of this piece could be only the product of the delusional mind of the author. Also, she wasn’t wearing her glasses…
Borders
“How long do we have?” “Ten minutes, more or less.” “One minute for each lost year.” We both sat at the corner of the coffee shop in the platform nine, hidden in that forgotten station…
Derry: The Best Halloween Destination in the world
I am breaking any sort of chronological order with this post. I know I am still writing about Scotland and I should write about Belgium before starting with Northern Ireland (my current location). However, I’m…
7 tips to keep safe as a solo female traveller
People had made me a lot of questions since I started my journey (it’s been three months, can you believe it?!). But one of the most recurring ones in how do I keep safe while…
Doing the Potter Trail in Edinburgh
So, if you have been reading me for a while, you’d know that I’m a bit of a Harry Potter geek… OK, more like a crazily obsessed, slightly delusional, midnight-book-release-and-premiere-waiter kind of geek, but that…