‘How do you do it?’, ‘I wish I could do what you’re doing!’, ‘I just wouldn’t be able to afford it’… the reactions I get when I tell people I’ve been travelling and living abroad since I finished University in 2014. Actually, yes, you absolutely can travel for longer than you thought…
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Last week, I returned from a 5-day break in Queenstown with my Boyfriend and some of our friends. Within mere hours of landing back in Wellington, I was already going back over all the photos and posting them on Instagram with the obligatory ‘take me back’-style captions.
People often say that packing up and heading on a trip with your Significant Other is the ultimate test of a relationship. Travelling together’s on another level to other milestones like moving in together – you definitely learn a little more about each other when you’re together 24/7, often in close quarters. You’re sure to encounter rough times, tough decisions, conflicts of interest and, above all, experience incredible, life-changing adventures together; what better way to see if you really are compatible. Plus, there’s the inevitable food poisoning that comes hand in hand with it all and, let’s face it, if you still love someone while they’re face down on the bathroom floor covered in… I won’t finish that… then they’re probably a keeper.
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We’ve been in Wellington two months now and safe to say we’ve made the most of the unbelievable food and drink scene…
Last week it hit me like a ton of bricks, straight out of nowhere, I knew I wasn’t strong enough to resist… A monstrous chocolate craving.
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I think I’ve already broken what might be rule number one when it comes to travel writing…
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Wow. What a difference a couple of days makes! It was only Tuesday (although it seems simultaneously like yesterday and like a lifetime ago) that I was blogging about my initial thoughts on solo travelling.
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So, it’s finally happening. After months of saving, planning (ish) and talking about it to literally anyone that would listen, I’m here in Melbourne. After an extremely difficult goodbye at the airport, I was off! First stop – two days in Dubai to stay with one of my best friends. Feeling totally and utterly exhausted and flat from all the goodbyes and thoughts of home, spending a few days with a familiar face (and a not-so familiar little chappy we met on the beach… Saudi the Camel) was just what I needed, especially as she has made herself at home in a new place. I went from feeling overwhelmed at what I was about to do to excited that I might be able to do the same in Australia.
Firstly, apologies for being totally AWOL over the past month, my departure date has been creeping up on me and in between trying to cram in all the hours under the sun (and an extra job!) and preparations for leaving I have been one busy lady. No time for blogging, but plenty of time for worrying about all the things I still have left to do. Nevertheless, the time has finally come… my Australian adventure starts tomorrow!… OMG
I signed up for the Ealing Half Marathon earlier in the year when I was at the peak of my fitness. Final year university assignments and my dissertation were taking up nearly all my time and the gym had gone from somewhere you don’t really want to go to, to somewhere that provided a much-needed break from studying without the guilt of actually doing anything too ‘fun’. I had got myself into a wonderfully healthy routine of eating well, studying hard and exercising lots, both in terms of weight training and running. Obviously there was the odd chocolate bar (or 5) to break up the boredom, but in general I was in pretty good shape and deciding to run my second half marathon with my running and travel buddy Alice seemed like a brilliant one.
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