Starry-Eyed Travels

Pin it Forward UK

Katy — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:56 +0000

My obsession with pinterest began quietly. It was intrigue at first; a couple of people I knew were using it, so I asked one of them to invite me. What I found was a site like no other, one which didn’t require endless hours of reading, but which was simply as many pretty pictures as [...]

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A ‘Mini-Trip to Spain’ on London’s South Bank

Katy — Thu, 09 May 2013 07:20:10 +0000

Bank Holidays in the UK usually mean one thing: rain. But this May Day dawned bright and sunny, with temperatures high enough to make me put on my first summer outfit of the year. Flaunting bare feet in sandals, toenails newly painted, I wandered along to London’s South Bank. It is an area rammed with [...]

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A Literary Tour of Scotland

Katy — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:09:43 +0000

Our literary tour of Scotland begins in Edinburgh: the entrance point for many a visitor to Scotland. The gothic charm of the Old Town inspired writers across generations, from Victorian gothic novelists who took inspiration from Greyfriars Kirkyard, to J.K. Rowling. The whole city is also the setting for many books by one of my [...]

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The Mythical Isle of Skye

Katy — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:00:53 +0000

Myth, magic and legend – welcome to the Isle of Skye. I’ve just returned from a week-long tour of Scotland and I have so much to share about the country, my head is spinning. It is without doubt, one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. I’ve climbed a mountain, found my [...]

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The Best Restaurant in Budapest

Katy — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:20:32 +0000

It may be a bold statement, but on a recent trip to Hungary’s capital, I think I found the best restaurant in Budapest. The Bock Bistro on Erzsébet körút is not ridiculously fancy or expensive, but everything about it is perfectly charming. I was surprised by the gastronomy of Budapest. It was naive, but I [...]

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The Charms and Quirks of Budapest

Katy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:00:00 +0000

It was a less than serene start to our first morning in Budapest. We’d overslept, owing to blackout curtains and a non-functioning alarm, and had therefore jumped out of bed, into some clothes and out onto the streets of the city before being fully awake. We were on the hunt for a hot, caffeinated beverage, [...]

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Friday Photo: Shadows in the Atacama Desert

Katy — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:54 +0000

The Atacama Desert is, to me, one of the most spectacular places on Earth. Snow-topped Andean peaks, vast sandy plains, mirror-like salt pools, one of the best spots in the world for stargazing. But it is one of those mysterious places which is somehow more than the sum of its parts – there was something [...]

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Spectacular Ancient Ruins You’ve Never Heard Of

Katy — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:56:06 +0000

I am a self-confessed history geek, so it is not surprising that many of my travels feature ancient sites quite heavily. I have a bit of a vivid imagination, so it doesn’t take much for a place steeped in history to come alive to me, particularly if it is a half-forgotten place, overshadowed by [...]

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Pastoruri, Ice and Snow.

Katy — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:11:17 +0000

What a perfect day for the #FriFotos theme of snow and ice! I currently feel as though I am inside a snowglobe. It has not stopped snowing all day; endless flakes just dancing through the sky, each one miniscule, but together they are creating quite sizeable drifts. I love how fresh snow makes everything look [...]

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Seeing the World from Up High

Katy — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:00:30 +0000

To travel the Starry-Eyed way, you don’t need much; just a thirst for curiosity, a good dose of spontaneity – and a head for heights. It doesn’t matter where I am; out in the desert, deep in a jungle, in the midst of a metropolis, or in a small town by the sea, there is [...]

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