Traveller Diaries: Welcome to New Orleans
As summer draws to a close, it seems fitting that I reach the end of my American road trip posts. New Orleans has long been on my travel list. I … Continue Reading Traveller Diaries: Welcome to New Orleans
Traveller Diaries: Walking in Memphis
Put on my blue suede shoes and I boarded the plane. Touched down in the land of the delta blues in the middle of the pouring rain…. Actually, the following … Continue Reading Traveller Diaries: Walking in Memphis
Traveller Diaries: Thinking on our feet Kentucky and Nashville
Staying in Cherokee, the plan was to go hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains. The weather still wasn’t playing ball. To be fair we aren’t normally put off by the … Continue Reading Traveller Diaries: Thinking on our feet Kentucky and Nashville
Traveller Diaries: The Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway
(The actual driving part of our road trip) What do you do the morning after you’ve inadvertently spent hours cycling around DC lost and not got back to your hotel … Continue Reading Traveller Diaries: The Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway
Traveller Diaries: Bikes and Washington DC.
There’s something fairly surreal about sitting at a roof top bar and seeing the Capitol building in one direction and planes turning into land behind the Washington monument on the … Continue Reading Traveller Diaries: Bikes and Washington DC.
Traveller diaries: 24 hours in Philadelphia
From New York to Philadelphia. So, confession time, I almost, very nearly decided to strike this stop from the trip in the planning stages. It was around about the time … Continue Reading Traveller diaries: 24 hours in Philadelphia
Traveller diaries: American road trip New York
Most people who know me, know I love to travel. I love heading to the airport with my trusty backpack, a guidebook I’ll barely look at and a rough idea … Continue Reading Traveller diaries: American road trip New York
Problems with packing
I’ve been spending a lot of time in hotels over the past few weeks. Here’s why…. At the beginning of March, I took up a new job role as news … Continue Reading Problems with packing
Tips for travelling in Jordan
At the weekend, my friend Emily told me she’d booked a trip to Jordan. Immediately, I had a million memories of a wonderful trip 8 years ago. I’m jealous, she’s … Continue Reading Tips for travelling in Jordan
Seven Days in Scotland
It’s fair to say, I am desperate to plan a trip abroad. Scrap that, I have a trip planned out, I’ve got the guidebook and map. I’ve checked out flights, … Continue Reading Seven Days in Scotland
Cyprus, Covid and Tonsillitis
Hello, it’s been a while 🙂 I can’t believe we’re already half-way through October and I haven’t posted anything. I have a very good reason….I actually got a holiday!! Eleven days … Continue Reading Cyprus, Covid and Tonsillitis
Travel Diaries: A whole new world (or country at least)
So, it’s pretty clear I’ve struggled and missed a lot of things through lockdown, we all have. I miss festivals, live music, spontaneity and of course family and friends. However, … Continue Reading Travel Diaries: A whole new world (or country at least)
Book Review: Apeirogon By Colum McCann
“It will not be over until we talk”. In early April back in 2014, I found myself on a bus from Bethlehem to Jerusalem. I don’t remember much about the … Continue Reading Book Review: Apeirogon By Colum McCann
Sarah Collins Bookworm 