Something’s gloomy today. The mid-day sun is nowhere to be seen. I sit in my apartment overlooking the canal. Droplets of water fall from the sky and hit the moving current, forming little white splashes [Read More]
Nelson Mandela is on his deathbed as I write this. Tomorrow he may be physically gone from this world. There has never been another icon so pertinently attributed to freedom. Freedom means many things to [Read More]
Barcelona is a vibrant, bustling city like any other. However, there are some things you really need to know before travelling there. If you’re only visiting for a few days and want to make the [Read More]
Many South Africans have a ‘poor’ mentality. What this means is that we tend to cry poor, to always have some excuse whether it is money, whether it is family commitments, fear or something else [Read More]
The streets were jam-packed with people. I got onto La Rambla at the bottom towards the Columbus statue during my lunch hour. Festive red and yellow stripes were the feature of Sant Jordi’s Day – [Read More]
Cristalljoia is the most beautiful crystal and semi-precious stone shop I have ever come across. The store is filled with thousands of brightly coloured crystals and stones on stands and shelves. This is power in [Read More]
I arrived in Barcelona on a pleasant spring day and heaved my luggage up three flights of stairs with help from the landlord. I had little idea of who I would be sharing the apartment [Read More]
I have an obsession with art nouveau-inspired postcards from around the world. There is something truly alluring in the vibrant colours, unique fonts and chic women wearing clothes from the early 1900’s printed on them. [Read More]
I must say that the best one Euro I’ve ever spent while travelling has to be on a bus ticket from Nice, France to Monaco. I boarded bus number 100 from Garibaldi Place in the [Read More]
Seacliffe Road is by far one of my favourite places in Sea Point. The view from the bottom of the road is breathtaking. You’ll see thousands of flats that line the coast and jutting Lion’s [Read More]
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