One of the joys of travelling overland is that each point of your journey is connected to the previous point, which is connected to home. So home remains like…
JourneysLake Como · Milan · overland · Tadao Ando · train · travel
I'd like to bottle the feeling of watching a sand martin flying around my feet in a field of yellow and white on the way back from the beach. Is that…
Journeysferry · Iona · puffins · Scotland
Photos from the days either side of walking the Camino!
Journeysbarcelona · barcelona or madrid · madrid · madrid or barcelona · solo travel · Spain · student travel · travel
Here, as way of processing, is an account of my time walking to Santiago de Compostela. It has not been proofread and not all the photos are here yet, and I…
Journeys2018 · Camino · Camino Frances · pilgrim · pilgrimage · santiago · sarria · Spain · student travel · travel
Two days ago I arrived in Santiago de Compostela having walked 118km over 5 days, from Sarria. This is the last section of the Camino Francés, or the Way of…
Journeys2018 · Camino · Camino Frances · Galicia · journey · pilgrim · pilgrimage · solo travel · Spain · spiritual journey · St James · student travel · travel
1 trip, 2 cities, 3 of us, 4 nights, 5 days. Lots of fun.
Journeys2017 · Albertina · art · Austria · autumn · Bratislava · capital cities · city break · Europe · monet · Slovakia · student travel · travel · Vienna
At the cottage in Hereford.
Journeys2017 · cottage · Freya · friendship · Hereford · holiday · lifestyle · summer · travel · Wales
inc. 3 friends + 3 World Heritage sites
Journeys2017 · Angel of the North · Cambridge · gateshead · Hadrian's wall · leeds · Lyme park · Manchester · newcastle · spring · travel
Our very own adventure in nearly Poland.
Journeys2017 · friends · Görlitz · germany · Poland · spring · student travel · travel · year abroad
Some of the traditions I encountered whilst in Japan for New Year's (shogatsu).
Journeys2016 · 2017 · hatsumode · Japan · kadomatsu · kakizome · New Year's · omotenashi · student travel · Tokyo · travel · winter · Yokohama
The following is my processing and recording some of what I learned during my Christmas travels.
Journeys2016 · 2017 · Japan · personal · reflections · Seoul · South Korea · student travel · Tokyo · travel · winter
Featuring pineapple man, toilet slippers and dust boxes!
Journeys2017 · Japan · New Year's · student travel · Tokyo · travel
Some photos of what I ate during my adventures. By no means exhaustive because I ate way too many things for that. Featuring crab brains, pig's feet and octopus crackers. Enjoy!
Journeys2016 · 2017 · food · Japan · Seoul · South Korea · student travel · Tokyo · travel
10 wonderful days of adventure, friends, a chopsticks crash-course, and welcoming 2017 in with style. Mt. Fuji, unexpected singing solos, paddling in the Pacific Ocean and so much more that cannot even be put into words.
Journeys2016 · 2017 · friendship · hospitality · Japan · kabuki · Kamakura · Mount Fuji · New Year's · NYE · omotenashi · onsen · student travel · Tokyo · travel · winter · Yokohama
A few things that struck me as funny/strange/interesting during my time in Seoul!
Journeys2016 · Asia · Christmas travel · matching outfits · Seoul · South Korea · travel
A happy tale about a few days spent with my friend Corliss who is currently in the middle of her year abroad in South Korea.
Journeys2016 · boxing day · christmas · Christmas travel · friends · Seoul · South Korea · student travel · travel · winter
Where the loss of the people of Korea became real.
Journeys2016 · North Korea · peace · re-unification · ribbon · South Korea · student travel · tour · travel · winter
The very beginning of my travelling fun this Christmas.
Journeys2016 · Articulate · family · student travel · travel · winter
Yesterday my job at Pembroke College came to an end and I said goodbye to some very special people, who are owed some thank yous. Thankfully, the goodbyes we said yesterday are goodbyes for now, and not goodbyes forever. ^.^
Journeys2016 · friendship · Japan · Japanese · new culture · nihon · pembroke · reflection · summer
In which I wear an orange angler fish hat made from paper, am cooked delicious Japanese curry, and dance to AKB48's 'Foochun Kukki'.
Journeys2016 · friendship · nihon · summer
A look back at the four wonderful places I have visited in the past week all as part of my job at Pembroke College. Lots of fun, lots of joy, lots of excitement
Journeys2016 · Bath · British Museum · friends · Granchester · London · new experiences · new places · nihon · Roman Baths · Stonehenge · student travel · summer · travel
A beautiful blog written by my friend Siân who has just moved countries.
Journeys2016 · friends · new experiences · summer · travel
Stories from my last few days working with Japanese students in Cambridge.
Journeys2016 · Cambridge · friendship · Japanese · new experiences · nihon · pembroke · summer
An update on what I'm currently up to.
Journeys2016 · friendship · new experiences · nihon · summer · university
A trip with a dear friend to an exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre at the UEA
Journeysart · bacon · giacometti · rawsthorne · summer · UEA
A reflection on change that I had on the train. A literal train of thought.
Journeys2016 · job · joy · permanence · personal · prose · reflection · summer · thoughts · travel · university · work
A tale of adventure and philosophy fun.
Journeys2016 · ancient philosophy · aristotle · athens · educational · greece · itinerary · philosophical sites · philosophy · plato · socrates · student travel · summer · travel · university
