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Reverse culture shock even after a month in Europe 5 Aug 2013 | 03:43 pm
When I returned from living abroad in Europe and Asia for more than five years, I suffered from some reverse culture shock: I found it hard to settle back in to "normal" life in Australia, I felt deta...
Japanese swimming pool etiquette and what I learnt from having a rest in an Osaka aquatic park 30 Jul 2013 | 06:03 am
There are so many unique parts of Japanese life that it's hard to remember them all. Recently an article called The expat art of giving up reminded me of a quirk I hadn't thought about in ages: the ho...
Jo Castro answers my questions on why we travel 25 Jul 2013 | 12:30 am
Even the casual reader of Not A Ballerina will be fully aware that I think travel is a fantastically amazing thing to do and that every single person who has the opportunity should grab it and see the...
Dubai Airport and how the difficult parts of travelling fade quickly from my memory 23 Jul 2013 | 03:42 pm
En route to Dubai Before our Europe trip this year, I'd managed to get a bit nervous about the first week which involved travelling on my own with a three-year-old: a long-haul flight from Australia ...
Meeting the locals, the Inis Meain way 8 Jul 2013 | 05:31 pm
Easily one of my favourite things about travelling is meeting local people, which is one of the reasons I particularly loved living in Japan, Slovakia and Germany for a year or more each, because that...
The world is smaller now, and friends just keep showing up 1 Jun 2013 | 05:40 pm
Z and I a decade ago! When I lived in Bratislava (ten years ago - eek, that went fast!), I made a totally fabulous friend who in the interests of privacy I'll call Z. We recognised each other one day...
Review: Family on the loose - The art of traveling with kids 26 May 2013 | 10:30 pm
A couple of months back, Ashley from Family on the Loose got in touch with me to ask if I'd be interested in reviewing their new book Family on the loose: The art of traveling with kids. Her timing wa...
Exploring the rubbish bins and garbage trucks of Vienna - a new perspective on travel 23 May 2013 | 12:01 pm
I knew that this trip to Europe would be quite different to any other trip I've made there - I've never had a three-year-old in tow before and if you happen to know any three-year-olds you will know t...
Why I'm not cut out to be a typical modern-day travel blogger 23 May 2013 | 11:28 am
I've just come back from a month overseas. A great month overseas, in fact, spanning six countries and seeing numerous family members and dear friends. And a month in which I took hundreds of photos. ...
On making my first proper snowman, in Bratislava 12 Mar 2013 | 07:03 am
Did you know that you can't make a snowman with just any old snow? Some of you will laugh out loud at this question, but there will be some, like me a few years ago, who will say: Really? I grew up ...
