Booking the Red Arrow
I just booked a Russian train on the Russian railways website without any help from an agency! It was actually… pretty easy. I went all out (not really,…
Category: Preparation
Still home
I’m back to posting! And I don’t even know where to start. Out of practice and all. Yesterday I moved out of my flat for good. A place…
Beginnings and ends, plans and memories
This weekend I booked my first train and my flight from Bangkok back to Edinburgh. It’s really real FO-REAL now. I just have to fill in the middle…
Downsizing
Over the past year or so, I’ve been slowly upgrading bits of my travel kit to allow for keeping the size of my bag way down while maintaining…
Couchsurfing is the answer
Last weekend I had a MA-HOO-SIVE party, the likes of which I will be lucky to top anytime soon. I had a flat full of Lindy Hoppers, 20…
Dancin’ everywhere
Dancing in Stockholm will be just like this, right? Right. This blog is now one year old. I’ve started many blogs over the years, but this is the…
Here is all my stuff. Please take it. (And maybe give me some money.)
This week, among many other little things like changing the type of current account I have to a non-fee-paying flavour (I Know, I know, THRILLING), I’ve told myself…
Stop worrying about the last cake plate and go
When I moved to Edinburgh, I went poking around the charity shops in Stockbridge and I found these retro cake plates. I don’t remember how much they were,…
Trello
The best system of any kind is the one you actually use. In which case, the best system of any kind for me will always be on paper.…
Russia, immigration and politics
Sometimes when I mention how much I want to do the Trans-Siberian, I get a good bit of side-eye, which can at least half the time be interpreted…