An unabashed tourist and her family explore the world one holiday at a time.
Before I had even parked the campervan in its spot I was already in love – with Slovenia in general, our campsite in particular, and Lake Bled specifically. We were staying for three nights, but we already knew we could easily have spent our entire 3-week trip camped right here, on the shores of a […]
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Three weeks in a campervan can be both idyllic and a huge pain in the neck. The freedom to go when and where you please can be offset by the cramped space, the lack of legroom when sleeping, the fact that you bump your head every time you turn around, or the very real problem […]
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I planned out our ideal route before we travelled to the Balkans. We were going to visit Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina during our 3-week campervan trip. Things didn’t turn out quite as planned. The company we hired the campervan from were adamant that we were not to take the vehicle into either […]
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There are many reasons why we decided to do this year’s big holiday in a campervan, but the most important one is the flexibility it will give us to come and go as we please. I’ve planned out a route, but nothing is set in stone and if we decide that we like a specific […]
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The countdown timer on my phone tells me we’re into the twenties now, less than thirty days until our upcoming trip to Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina! I’ve had sleepless nights thinking about all the things I needed to get done before we could set foot on the plane, but now, with less […]
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Imagine my distress when I logged into social media late night on 15 April, only to be confronted by a slew of images of the Notre Dame on fire. I’m not embarrassed to say that I was in tears. I spent the rest of the evening in a shell-shocked state, watching footage of the fire […]
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After nearly four years of travel banishment, I’m finally planning an overseas holiday again! The little traveller is turning 3 at the end of February 2019 and I think he’s finally old enough to handle a 12-hour flight, especially if most of those hours are during bedtime anyway. More importantly, I think I’m now also […]
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The morning that we wanted to set out on our small victories breakaway dawned dark and gloomy. Typical, I thought as I opened the bedroom curtains and saw a sky that looked as ominous as my mood on a Monday morning. But there was no turning back, so we bundled ourselves, a sleepy toddler and […]
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Regular readers will have realised that this blog has been quiet again the last few months. There are two reasons for this: I’m not one of those brave people who think flying with toddlers is fun I’ve been focussing on my author career, ploughing all my available time into writing fiction While the second reason will […]
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The first installment of my Mythical Menagerie short story series is now available. If you love travel (go on, admit it, you do!) and you enjoy urban fantasy (think The Dresden Files or The Iron Druid Chronicles) then I think you’d be delighted by these stories too! Starting off in London, this series will take readers all […]
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