The Armchair Traveller

For those of you who know me well or have known me for long enough you will recall my obsession with anything astronomy and space related. I seem to recall friends at school joking that I would probably end up the first female head of NASA if I continued down the geeky path I was [...]

I came, I saw, I might go back again…
…but maybe not on a Saturday when everyone else goes there!

On Saturday my flatmate Rachel and I headed down to Greenwich, home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This couldn’t have been easier to get to – the Jubilee line to Canary Wharf then change to the Docklands Light Railway line. Canary Wharf was an impressive sight. I have heard so many Londoners say bad things [...]

I have now been gainfully employed in London for two weeks but I am not willing to hang up my tourist title just yet, I feel like there is still so much in and around London to explore that I shall continue doing so and be proud to as well!
Two weeks ago I met up [...]

Waking on our last morning in Paris it was noticeable that all the stair climbing and walking around was starting to take its toll on our energy levels. Once up Rachel and I packed our bags so that we were ready to check out a little later on.
Our first outing of the day was to walk to the [...]

Well after what felt like the shortest sleep ever it was suddenly Sunday morning and Rachel and I prepared for another day exploring Paris. Today however we had decided to make the journey just outside of Paris to the Chateau de Versailles. Versailles has always been a place of interest for me; I studied it [...]