Love men or travel
I've been single a long time, it seems like three hundred years of solitude. And life goes so incredibly fast. It was only today though that I had a light bulb moment about why. I was standing looking out over the ocean, standing on the deck of a small beach house a friend of a friend had loaned me on
Hit me with your meteorite Toulouse, France
The trip on a fast, clean French train to Toulouse was a nice break from the chaos, even if I did spend it planning how to get to Andorra. We alighted to the sounds of classical piano, not on the speaker, no, a real piano at the station that allowed any commuter who was blessed with the gift of music
Learning from Edith Eger
Today I'm woken by a white very furry Rag Doll sitting next to my face staring at me like he wants to know why I think it's ok to be in bed asleep when he wants fresh food delivered to his bowI'm house sitting a stunning five story home built in Roman times in Bath, England, what I really want
Sweden
Flying to Stockholm was one of those memorable events that I won't forget in a hurry. We had a 6am flight from Paris, Orly 2nd of March 22 so had stayed out near the airport in a terrible little hotel that I won't reccommend. We'd been to so many airports that when something goes wrong I can't work it out how
Finding happiness through travel
In March of 2019 the Australian government announced that we were going into lockdown, which they extended month after month with tighter and more challenging restrictions including home quarantine. At the worst point we were only able to leave the house for one hour a day and had to choose between exercise and groceries. The helicopters hovered above the streets
Budapest
19 SEPTEMBER 2021 I had the pleasure of landing in Budapest in the middle of the night, it was cool on my skin after having slept the 2 hour flight from Paris, passed out against the window snoring. I was anything but refreshed, I looked like I needed a good shower and some clean clothes and felt like it too. I
How SWST started
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia into a working class family who didn't have the money nor opportunity to travel, my upbringing was dysfunctional in the modern sense of the word. Despite this I remained confident that I was going to be independent and would forge my own path going on to university and competitive swimming which balanced me and
Bad Barry in Foi
One of the attributes of being a single mother is this inherent feeling that you need to make your child’s wishes come true. So true that I agreed to go France after Spain as Keeley was desperate (it’s on the list) to go. I had been before but was a lot younger and who doesn’t like France, I mean the
Budapest V Melbourne
21 SEPTEMBER 2021 The outside of the church showed its years of wear and tear that some might call love. The gardens were overgrown, the steps had a dip that only many years of pilgrims passing over them could produce. However, it was holding onto its grandiose history, well just, the tall handmade gates the spire from which the bell tolled
Lisbon, Portugal
Keeley and I arrive in Portugal via the local bus from Spain through to Algarve and we’re a little disappointed to be fair. Maybe it was the bus ride, and the fact that nothing would ever compare to Spain. We rock up at our accommodation for the night, the very humble Hotel Cidade de olhao, to be confronted with demands of