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High Heels & A Backpack has moved!
Hey guys! *waves crazily* I am just posting here to let you know that my site has moved. I made the decision to go from wordpress.com, to a self hosted site for a number of reasons.. I felt tired of the layout that I had on here and the limit that WordPress gave me on…
Postcards from Pompeii
You know those well known tourist sites that you go to and then you find that it wasn’t worth the hype? Well Pompeii wasn’t one of those places at all… When you read or are taught about historic events it is so easy to treat it as though it were a piece of fiction; you are distanced…
8 ways Travel makes you a better person
1. It makes you less concerned with material things I’ve been at my happiest when I’ve been travelling around South East Asia with holes in my clothes, humidity induced hair like Medusa and a backpack that didn’t fit all of my belongings in it, and buying a new one meant less travel money so I had…
You can come to Solvang but you can never leave Jaaa
“What the heck is Solvang? ” I hear you ask? Solvang is a little slice of Europe right here in Southern California. Between the years of 1850 and 1930, a large number of Danes left Denmark due to bad economic conditions and in the early 1900s, Solvang was founded. These days it predominantly serves as a tourist…
Peace, Love & Dirty Hippies – 48 Hours in San Francisco
San Francisco is the kinda City you want to spend a fair few days in am I right? Right! Sadly I didn’t have that. I was driving up with a friend from Santa Barbara – he could only take a day off work after the weekend and I had plans back down in SoCal so we were…
16 Tips for the Solo Female Traveller
1. Respect the local customs I know it sounds like common sense, but you wouldn’t believe the amount of people that ignore this. When I was travelling through Morocco there were Western women ignoring advice to cover their shoulders and legs, and walking around in short shorts and tank tops then complaining when the local…
On Weirdo watch at Venice Beach
… I don’t really like LA. Okay, okay compose yourself. I have an explanation. When I moved to California I had a glamorous image of Los Angeles based on all the episodes of 90210 and The OC I’d binge watched during breakups. It has its nice places (if you have the cash) and of course…
Santa Barbara: 6 of The Best Local Hang Outs
Represent your ‘Hood I can’t even put into words how much I love The Neighbourhood bar and grill – so good they’ve opened up a bar right next door and called it ‘The Neighbourhood 2’ [I’m not kidding]. The Neighbourhood bar was my local when I lived in Santa Barbara and I can’t explain how…
Santa Barbara: 5 Awesome Things To Do In The American Riviera
In 2011 I was lucky enough to move to Santa Barbara on a student exchange program. Now I make sure I come back and visit every couple of years to see my old friends [Like I really need an excuse right? Have you seen how beautiful this place is?] Let me show you how we…
11 Signs you’re in California
1. It is completely acceptable for White people to listen to hardcore Gangster rap Actually it’s the norm. San Francisco has some fantastically filthy Hip Hop radio stations. I think I’ve just become accustomed to it now. I like to play the same songs to my friends back in the UK and see their shocked faces. Put…
Hidden Beauties of the Veneto Region
There is no denying that Venice is beautiful and all; I enjoyed my time there, of course I did – you can’t really say you’ve been to Italy until you’ve experienced a Gondola ride through Venice, right? No matter how cliché that is. Venice was never on my original Italy itinerary; I try to avoid…
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