It's not just the hot dogs, not just the glaciers, not just the expansive, inspiring views. It's not even just the quirk of it all, or the fact that I listened to The Sugar Cubes before Björk went out on her own. I can't actually explain it at all, but what started as an intrigue about Iceland …
Europe 2015
A three-day London layover with jet-lagged kids: Our suggestions
Are you friends with jet lag? I am not, but sadly as I live in Western Australia there are many destinations where jet lag can hit badly, and flying long haul to Europe is one of those times. I always try to build in a jet lag buffer to the start of these trips, and this time it was a …
Travel journal confession: I totally resented my trip diary and never finished it!
(Edit: My online course Travel Journal School is opening again soon for enrolments - you might like it!) Oh, irony of ironies. Some of you may know I have run a travel writing for fun course here in Perth for the last few years. I talk a lot about the best ways to write your travel journal so …