The weekend before going back to uni I headed off to Paris to stay with one of my best friends and to take in the sights of a city I've seen countless times on screen but somehow never actually visited despite my many, many visits to France so far. I got the Thalys from Brussels straight into Gare du Nord, which was a...
This year my Christmas was a bit different as we spent it at my grandparents' house in England, the first time I've had an 'English Christmas' since about 1998. It was odd not to be in my own home for the festive period but really nice to be spending it with my grandparents who I'm very close to and haven't seen much of...
Even though I often abandon this blog for months on end, sometimes I feel the need to return to it just to touch base and clear my thoughts. It's also nice to write for a non-academic purpose every so often, something I do very rarely these days to the point where I find myself automatically slipping into a critical/analytical voice unless I try...
