I’ve seen so many pregnancy dating articles out there suggesting I go and see a movie with my partner, when I can barely hold on 20mins for the loo and it got me thinking, “how could someone pregnant have actually written this?” So here I am, giving you my prego perspective on some realistic yet delightful date ideas for you… Read more →
Category: Travel Blog: Notes On The Road
A Luxury Norwegian cabin for $50 dollars?
Have you ever found a place almost too special to share? Well, for me, this is one of those places. It’s no secret, I’m a little obsessed with the idea of living in the forest. Something about it just makes me feel so excited – finding serenity in the wild – finding the perfect balance of cozy and crazy. Truth… Read more →
Big News: We got married in Thailand !!
Heya! So it’s been a while since we’ve updated our blog, we’ve been busy moving back to Australia and settling into our house after our stint in Scotland. However.. there is a little something that happened last weekend that I thought was probably worth a mention. WE GOT MARRIED IN THAILAND!! Yep!! So why didn’t we get married in our… Read more →
Wilderness Walks: Hiking the Cinque Terre
I’ll admit, I went into this thinking it wouldn’t be that good. Some of these touristy sites can be all hype, so I couldn’t help but feed the inner cynic in the lead up to our trip there. Well, I’m about to give you the whole and honest truth. The Cinque Terre hike, between the villages of Monterosso and Vernazza, was… Read more →
Video: Most Beautiful Beaches in the World – Jökulsárlón Ice Beach, ICELAND
Whenever I find places like this that blow my mind, I always feel the need to capture them somehow. This time I felt like words and still images just weren’t enough. Read more →
Life in Edinburgh: Settling Into A New City
Two years of living abroad and I have to say, it never ceases to amaze me the luck I walk into. Two months ago, I knew nothing about Edinburgh. Absolutely nothing. I’d heard a word here and there about a festival, recalled some forgotten conversations about an underground city and google-imaged it a few times, but much like the shock of… Read more →
Days 7-10: Winter Nights In Our Mongolian Yurt, 10 Winter Days In The Yukon
I’d never slept in a Mongolian yurt before, so you can imagine that it wasn’t too hard to convince myself that I absolutely HAD to experience it. And why not in the Yukon territory, in the snow? It was so random, yet probably one of the best random adventures I’ve been on. We arrived at night, a little tipsy from our detour to Yukon… Read more →
14 Reasons Why You Should Work Overseas
When people tell me they’d like to work overseas – just like I do – I ask them why they aren’t already doing it. Predictably, they give me a list of almost scripted reasons why they can’t go. The obvious ones. Lack of money, career progression, and so on. I know these reasons well. I heard them rattling around in my… Read more →
Day 6: When Aurora Found Us “Off The Grid”, 10 Winter Days in the Yukon
Our last night on the Wheaton river had finally come. I wasn’t quite ready for it. I’d gotten used to ‘off the grid’ life. Storing perishable items in a cooler on the front porch had become normal. I was okay with not having phone reception. In fact, the lack of electricity meant that my mobile battery was always dead anyway, so it didn’t really phase me… Read more →