A month or so ago, as 2015 drew to a close, I did what everyone else does and reflected on what I’d like to achieve over the next year. Having just got back from my travels, my next immediate aim was to get a job and move to London (exciting progress has been made on … Read more
Sales shopping two days after Christmas was never going to be the most pleasant experience. None of us imagined just how busy Bicester Outlet Village would be though, oh no. It was pretty horrendous. So. Many. People! And this of course left me feeling awful about persuading Madre and the Shrimp that we should go … Read more
Whether it’s flats or cars, apparently no-one can afford to actually own anything these days. People talk about the “sharing economy”, which makes us all sound very generous, doesn’t it? In reality I think we’re all just poor but hey, let’s take the former. And fashion is most definitely not immune to this trend (if … Read more
Ooh yeah January is over for another year! SPRING IS SO CLOSE I CAN ALMOST SMELL IT! Actually that’s a total lie. There’s still snow here in Germany and I can’t remember what the warmth of the sun feels like. But hey, at least I’ve escaped the horrendous floods back home. This morning, however, I … Read more
Less than a half hour’s drive from Bayreuth, it would’ve been a real shame if I left Germany without having popped over to Kulmbach. Wonderfully, my school mentor’s lovely wife, Nicola, super kindly offered to take me and Emma (you know fellow language assistant, Emma, she’s been popping up all over the blog for the … Read more
Salzburg is a city famous for two musical greats: that old guy, Mozart (you may have heard of him?) and that cracking film, The Sound of Music. Now, as four British girls in their early 20s, I probably don’t need to tell you about which we were more excited. (Sorry, Mozy.) Yup, as well as being the fourth … Read more