“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss As most of you probably know, I studied abroad in Bilbao. Today, I thought I’d do the Sunday lifestyle post all about studying abroad; the lessons that I learnt from studying abroad…
IF you agree on Abu Dhabi
“You don’t remember the gifts you are given; you remember the giver and how their love made you feel.” – Toni Sorenson I flew to Abu Dhabi to surprise my sister. She lived in Dubai and Mum lived in Abu Dhabi (quite the globetrotting family!) so one weekend when she thought she was simply going…
IF you climb Croagh Patrick
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me” – Jim Valvano IF you know me, then you know how close I am with my Dad aaand I haven’t seen him since Christmas, so to say that I am excited that he’s coming to visit this week is…
IF you’re itching to go to Istanbul
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain After a sunny week spent in Santiago, I, for some…
IF Santiago summons
“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.” – Richard Feynman I moved to Santiago de Compostela nine months ago this week. It seems fitting that I reflect? I’m not too sure, it seems that…
IF Ras Al Khaimah is right for you
“Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince There are seven Emirates in The United Arab Emirate. Last week I wrote a post all about my visit to…
IF you’re thinking of hula-hooping
“Don’t think about making life better for other people who don’t even deserve you, rather, focus on making your life the best, for yourself and those who love you.” – C. JoyBell C. DO it! I decided to take up hula hooping for my first ever 30-day challenge. The 30 days are over, therefore, I’ve…
IF you’re down for Dubai
“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.” – Margaret Mitchell As I mentioned in my post about Granada and Jordan, I love Arabic countries. I don’t know if it’s because they are so exotic to me or if it’s because I’ve been to a few and all of them have provided such…
IF you’re curious about Cambodia
“He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity’s sunrise.” – William Blake Cambodia taught me more life lessons than I care to admit. So, I’ve decided to pass on some of the information I learned while I was visiting. Here are the IF 7 Top Tips to Visiting Cambodia. The one…
IF Barcelona beckons
“We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend” – Robert Louis Stevenson Last weekend, I flew from Santiago to Barcelona to visit my friends. I have visited Barcelona before when I was on a family holiday in Girona – but…
IF you want to take part
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot As you may have already realised, I have quite a lot of free time at the moment. I am living and working in Spain and that means siesta! Basically, the working day in Spain lasts from about 9 ’til 2…
IF you pop to Porto
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – J. K. Rowling My first and only camper van roadtrip (so far) was from Galicia to Porto, Portugal. Friends of mine, Eithne and Julio, in Santiago own a very impressive and compact camper van and ever since, I’ve been dreaming of roadtripping…
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