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 hourly rest time at the Japanese swimming pool. Swimming pool lanes, photo credit M …
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Jo Castro answers my questions on why we travel
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 world. But instead of just hearing that over and over from me, I decided to ask a few other …
Dubai Airport and how the difficult parts of travelling fade quickly from my memory
En route to DubaiBefore 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 to Europe with an overnight stop in Dubai, a couple of nights in Vienna, a couple of trains to Trnava …