Bristol: Give it time
The popular proverb tells us not to judge a book by it’s cover. It’s a proverb that I feel generally doesn’t make much sense. It tries…
Annemarie, London
The United Kingdom has never given me much of a great sense of fascination and it doesn’t sit very highly on any of my wishlists. Living…
London: “Greatness” personified?
What makes a ‘great’ city ‘great’? How do we define it’s greatness? The cities that are renowned worldwide, almost unanimously, for their seemingly undisputed greatness. But…
Lord’s: Built on history
I mentioned in a previous post that there aren’t too many things that I had actually planned on doing during this trip, preferring instead to take…
Béranger, Paris
It’s a nice problem to have – that of having so many acquaintances that it can begin to be hard to juggle them and find time…
Julian, Paris
Couchsurfing is really no different to the rest of life. It only seems “unusual” because society has imposed some sort of standard of interaction to strangers that…
Joss, Lyon
Travel broadens one’s horizons. It has the ability to open people’s eyes to things they may have never even considered feasible. It also challenges oneself to…
Lyon: The full package
The French can be divided into two groups – those who like Paris and those who don’t. There seems to be no middle ground. Generally speaking,…
Pierre, Grenoble
We all know the saying – a picture tells a thousands words. I whole-heartedly agree but, unlike a book where the words are fixed and undisputed for…
Grenoble: A perplexing relationship
This blog has touched many times on the great advantage that France has – that of it’s variety in landscapes, including cool and rugged coastlines in…
Couch to couch 