Fantasy Friday: Fun in the Thun
Switzerland in winter is every bit as beautiful as you imagine it. Limpid mountain lakes; proper snow-capped Alps; cutesy choo-choo cogwheel trains; clumps of snow...
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Some Reflections On Worldschooling
Welp, Zach has finished school and is now officially grown. And, further, he’s been accepted to his first-choice college at his first-choice university, Oxford, to...
Fantasy Friday: Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik Old Town is as beautiful as you think it is, likely more so, especially on a cool, clear February morning when the shuffling cruise...
Welcome to Lockdown
Since it seems that everyone from Popbitch to Joe Wicks (who, incidentally, deserves at least an OBE for services to the nation’s sanity) is doing...
Welp, I Thought Game of Thrones Ended Just About As Well As It Could Have Done
via GIPHY I’ve lost weeks of my life to Game of Thrones. Twice over, in fact. Once, when I discovered the books, in Harbin, China,...
Ten Best Things to Do in Kuala Lumpur
A city whose name quite literally means “muddy river junction”, Kuala Lumpur often loses out on visitors compared to the heritage charms of Penang or...
2019: the Year of Self-Improvement
A lot of water has flowed under the bridge of life since I started writing this blog, a little more than nine years ago, under...
Ten Reasons You Should Totally Visit Hangzhou
To Chinese, the city of Hangzhou, a budget airline hub that’s under an hour from Shanghai by bullet train, encapsulates the cultured, artistic leisure of...
How Do I Climb Kilimanjaro?
With a high success rate, gorgeous views and guaranteed adventure, summiting Kilimanjaro remains one of the most popular things to do in East Africa. However,...
Six of the Best Places to Beat the Crowds on Bali
One of the most bizarre elements of life on Bali is how very concentrated tourism is. Chinese tour groups seem to cluster in the Bukit...