I have never been a tour kind of girl. In fact, I searched the whole archive of Not A Ballerina to find any mention of the (very few) short tours I've taken and the only one I found was an overnight tour to Mt Fuji when I was living in Osaka. (Ominously, that didn't go too well - I walked down the …
reader questions
Help: my partner doesn’t want to go travelling
Lots of readers write to me for advice and a lot of the time they have some reason why it's difficult for them to go travelling - and one I get asked quite often is what to do if their husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend doesn't share their wanderlust. I bet you can already guess what my answer is: go …
Where should my friends travel in Europe – not the normal spots
When you're a travel blogger, you tend to get quite a few messages from random people with questions about a trip they're planning - and I like answering them - but what is even more fun is when a good friend asks for some tips! I got this text message from my friend Susannah last week, who's …


