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...
by Hayley | Jun 6, 2015 | Blog posts, Europe, Life
So, it’s been a month. A month of exploring a new country, attempting to understand a new language and learning to love fried foods. While this hasn’t been the easiest thing I have ever done, it also hasn’t been the hardest. Here are a few things I have learnt...
by Hayley | May 27, 2015 | Blog posts, Europe
I am discovering that Austria has A LOT of public holidays. No idea what they are for, but I’m not complaining. On this particular holiday, we visited the Green See. No, that’s not a typo. Confusingly, ‘see’ means ‘lake’ in...