by Hayley | Aug 24, 2015 | Blog posts, Europe
Denmark. You really live up to your name. I have been trying to think about how best to describe you but travel writers before me have already done so well. Instead I will paint a picture. You are walking down the street, along the footpath and taking care to look...
by Hayley | Jul 26, 2015 | Europe, Life
Recently people have been asking me how my German lessons are coming along, so I thought I’d give you the real story. German isn’t the hardest language to learn, but it isn’t the easiest either. Why? Because everything has to be classified as male or...
by Hayley | Jul 18, 2015 | Blog posts, Europe
Recently it seems that every Friday afternoon I find myself in a new country. This is not as exotic as it seems – Bratislava is only an hour away by train – but it certainly has been fun. Vienna (Austria), Istanbul (Turkey), Budapest (Hungary) and...
by Hayley | Jun 26, 2015 | Asia, Blog posts, Europe
Gallipoli is always a destination high on the list for Australian travellers and now I can say that I am lucky enough to have been. The Gallipoli peninsula is a (long!) day trip from Istanbul, but it was time well spent. To see it with my own eyes was really...
by Hayley | Jun 25, 2015 | Asia, Blog posts, Europe
Does anyone even remember that song?? Istanbul is blowing my mind. It’s been a long time since a city did that. Why am I here? A girl called Laura and a bike called Doris cycled 4,300+ km’s across Europe and so we decided to celebrate with a week in...
by Hayley | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog posts, Europe, Life
As you would expect with moving to a new country, there are plenty of adjustments that need to be made. As well as the obvious, there are a few ‘more subtle’ ones that I have had to take on board… Hard hair Sounds ridiculous, but it’s true. Turns out the water here is...
