Travel: The benefits of hosting an exchange student

“Can you help me?!” was the cry from my good friend who works at a local high school. She was in charge of organising homestays for the visiting Year 10 students from Japan and couldn’t find anyone who was willing to have a student stay for ten days.

Food: 4 places for sweet treats in Melbourne

Last week I visited Melbourme for two AFL matches and also for the Degas and Australian fashion exhibitions (more on those later). The rest of the time was basically spent shopping and eating (although not necessarily in that order)! With such wintery weather, I continually craved something sweet and couldn’t get enough of..

Travel: My Favourite New York City Quotes

So I’m sitting here on a chilly Sunday night watching a Sex and the City marathon and am thinking back to the week I spent in New York recently (lots of posts to come, yay).

Travel: Ways to reduce leg swelling on long-haul flights

“What the hell are you wearing?!” asked N as I stepped out of Adelaide customs wearing a dress, compression socks and thongs.

Travel: A Geothermal Experience in Rotorua, New Zealand

 

Ahhhh Rotorua – the place of adrenaline-pumping activities and, let’s be honest, smelly sulphur. N and I did our fair share of thrill-seeking (more on that later) while we were in Rotorua, however we also spent a day learning about the geothermal activity here.

Travel: The First Time I Flew First Class (Hawaiian Airlines Inter-island First Class Flight Review)

An upgrade to first class for only $50?! If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is…

Travel: Things to do in Los Angeles

Los Angeles. The city of celebrities, sun and salaries. Well, that’s what the movies and television shows had me believing.As I was touring around LA, however, I found it to be a place of extremes – the extremely rich but also the extremely poor. It was pretty confronting to see homeless people sleeping alongside the Hollywood Walk of Fame and something I definitely wasn’t prepared for.

Travel: Things to do during a Singapore Stopover

Before embarking on my trip to Europe, the airline I was travelling with cancelled my flight and gave me one free night’s accommodation in Singapore. So, after switching to holiday mode by throwing back a Singapore Sling on the plane, here is what I got up to during my day in this amazing (and very clean) place…

Travel: My Favourite Travel Quotes

A well-known travel company recently ran a competition asking for people to list their favourite travel quote. The prize? A travel voucher and to have their phrase featured on the walls of the company’s offices.

Travel: Cirque du Soleil presents The Beatles LOVE (Las Vegas, USA)

Growing up in a household where my parents always listened to music from ‘their era’, I have always been a huge Beatles fan. So when I saw that Cirque du Soleil had a show in Las Vegas called The Beatles LOVE, I just had to book tickets for my sister and I…