Melbourne is one of those rare cities that is bustling at its centre but once you leave the suburbs, it really is not surrounded by much urbanisation at all. Outside Melbourne, the state of Victoria has a very low population density. All this means is that there are so many…
Before I went on a spontaneous whim to live in Melbourne for a few months I had never imagined myself living in Australia. Honestly, I don’t really know…
This week’s addition to my languages around the world series, about learning Khmer whilst travelling Cambodia comes from Elise of Travel, Work and Play. —————————————————————————————————— I’m originally from…
So you’re going to a new country soon, and you don’t have the time or motivation to master the language before you travel. Fair enough – we can’t learn every language in the world after all. But I firmly believe that everyone should learn at least some of the local…
Queenstown is the most visited place in all of New Zealand, and for good reason. But with a booming tourism industry unfortunately comes a hefty price tag. Queenstown…
Queenstown is known as the adventure capital of the South Pacific – and it’s easy to see why. It’s such a stunning place, with spectacular scenery and the…
Everyone knows that Samoa is a destination with beautiful beaches and picturesque scenery. But as I’ve described in my post about why Samoa should be on your bucket list, it also has so much to offer in terms of culture, people and food that is hard to find anywhere else.…
French is such a widely spoken, global language that I am surprised I didn’t have any posts on it yet. Thankfully, fellow travel blogger Lexie (who knows a…
Language exchanges (or conversation exchanges) are such a great tool to vastly improve your language speaking skills. It is necessary to have human interaction with other people to truly…
You might have seen this title and thought… Swedish? In Finland?? That’s right: while it might not be as common as learning in Sweden, it is totally doable to learn Swedish in Finland. You might be in Finland already and decide that you just don’t like, or need, Finnish as…