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That day I got lost in the Bulgarian woods

Posted on 12 June 2016 by Els

We just hung up a bag of food in one of the nearby trees. Food, soap, shampoo: anything that smelled really! I remember from my trip to the USA a few years ago, that, if you are in bear-country, you’d better make sure to keep everything that could possible attract Continue Reading

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Those moments when travel goes horribly wrong

Posted on 12 December 2015 by Els

Aah, the joys of travelling: exploring new cities, meeting new people and the only thing you have to worry about is “where am I going to eat and sleep tonight?” But occasionally, travel goes wrong. These were some of those times: 1/ The car crash in Ireland I am sitting on Continue Reading

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The side effects of travel addiction

Posted on 2 August 2015 by Els

My name is Els and I have an addiction. I go to bed with it and it’s the first thing on my mind when I wake up. If I could program my dreams, it would hunt me in my sleep too! I have a “travel addiction”! “So, what’s so bad Continue Reading

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Life as an expat: the good, the bad and the ugly!

Posted on 11 May 2015 by Els

It’s been over 5  years since I moved from Belgium to Northern Ireland. Although I like to think of myself as being “easily adaptable”, I must be honest and say that life as an expat hasn’t been and isn’t always easy. There are different phases every expat will go through and while Continue Reading

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A tribute to the people I met on my travels!

Posted on 31 January 2015 by Els

One of the best parts of independent travel is the people you meet on the road! Connecting with people when travelling means a lot more to me than seeing the Eiffel Tower or the Taj Mahal. There’s so much you can learn from locals, they can show you so much Continue Reading

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The 5 stages of expat life

Posted on 9 November 2014 by Els

Life as an expat: it always sounded kind of “exotic” to me. I admired the people who dared to leave everything behind to start a new life abroad. It never really occurred to me to follow in their footsteps, but after 2 ½ years of being in a  long distance Continue Reading

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Visiting the Oktoberfest: the atmosphere, the camaraderie and the beer!

Posted on 18 September 2014 by Els

We arrive at the Hackerbruecke hostel at 11am. The reception is full of people and empty beer cans, a forerunner of what awaits us a few miles further on the Theresienwiese. Two days of Oktoberfest in Munich, that is the plan. Hopefully. We didn’t make any reservations for the beer tents Continue Reading

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