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A black and white tiled building in Lisbon with two scooters parked outside

48 Hours in Lisbon for my 40th Birthday

I could not decide where to go for my fortieth birthday in April. We went back and forth over a few destinations, including Tirana, Budapest, Venice, Madeira, Porto and Lisbon. I think there was also an element of feeling like I needed to make the holiday count in some way – it was a big birthday after all. Quite a bit of overthinking, as you can see! In the end, Budapest and Madeira both felt too new-to-me, Venice was too...

To the left, the end of a hammock is visible while in the distance, a bandstand looks over the sea

Where I’m Travelling in 2023

This post is perhaps a little late in the day since I am writing it in June, but lets pretend it’s January. I recently realised that I’ve entered a new phase in my travelling life, and for possibly the first time ever, I knew what my travel plans for the year looked like quite early on. In the past, some combination of being an expat (and therefore spending a lot of time returning to the UK for holidays), the pandemic...