PREVIOUS BLOG: 1/4/18
NEXT BLOG: 19/6/18
Hey all,
So I didn't post as promised however my A Levels are literally in media res right now so I'm using that as an excuse. I'm here to update everyone on how I will be coming out with a series on this blog all about interrail which will explain how I planned, top tips, etc. It will also include a day-by-day account of what we get up to on our trip as well as some advice surrounding the Scandanavian cruise I'm also due to go on.
In other exciting news, I'm gonna get my YouTube up and running - finally!!! This will hopefully have some videos on each place we visit (I won't have enough camera space to do a day-by-day blog) in addition to some more indepth top tips videos such as 'What's in my rucksack?'.
I hope you guys will be as excited as I am to branch out onto this new platform in order to give a more dynamic outlook to my current material. Rest assured that I won't abandon blogging because I love reading other travel blog posts so now how helpful they can be... also I really enjoy the act of writing over filming at the moment (mainly due to the fact I've barely held a camera in my life so vlogging should be.... an interesting experience).
I will update this blog after my exams are over (Tuesday, 19th of June) and hopefully will have my first YouTube video up before I go away on 4 days after.
See ya soon!!!!
Jem ~ signing off ~
Monday 4 June 2018
Sunday 1 April 2018
Travel Favourites - Beginning of 2018
PREVIOUS BLOG: 27/3/18
NEXT BLOG: 4/6/18
Hi guys!!
Look at me actually blogging when I said I would!!
So I've done a travel favourites post once before (check it out here) and I have to say that it's one of my best entries to this blog! I thought I'd start off the year (... in march) with a few things I've been loving to do with travel.
Social Media
So, when it comes to Social Media, there are a few travellers that I have been loving from across the blogging, vlogging and instagramming scenes!
I think I'll have to start with my most recent obsession which is The Bucket List Family! This is a family of 5 (Calihan Gee being the most recent addition - January this year!) who have been travelling the world, practically non-stop, since August 2015 (coincidentally when I posted my last Travel Favourites). They've been to roughly 50 countries and have been a huge inspiration to me in the past few months, not only as digital nomad but also as parents (obviously I have a few years left before I take on that adventure but its amazing to see how the Gee's handle raising kids on the road)! They've opened my eyes up to a broader world of travel that I'm even more eager to explore and I can't recommend their videos enough. After a short break since their son Cali was born, The Bucket List Family are actually posting their 101st weekly vlog today so make sure you check that out!
Another social media travelling account I've been loving is @jetlagmonthly on instagram. This couple have been visiting a country per month since June 2017 and gramming their favourite snaps from all over. There adventures so far have included:
o JUNE - FRANCE
- Paris
- Stassburg
- Brittany
- Corsica
- Lyon
- Tahiti
- Lille
- Hossegor
- Etretat
- Martinique
- Guadeloupe
o JULY - ITALY
- Rome
- Sardinia
- Milan
- Venice
- Positano
- Florence
- Pisa
- Sicily
- Cinque Terre
- Amalfi
o AUGUST - GREECE
- Athens
- Kefalonia
- Chalkidiki
- Zakinthos
- Mykonos
- Ios
- Santorini
o SEPTEMBER - SPAIN
- Barcelona
- Majorca
- Alicante
- Valencia
- Ibiza
- Madrid
- Canary Islands
o OCTOBER - THAILAND
- Ko Samui
- Rayavadee
- Phi Phi
- Chiang Mai
- Phuket
- Krabi
- Khao Sok National Park
- Koh Tao
- Ubon Ratchathani
- Phang Nga
o NOVEMBER - SCOTLAND
- Edinburgh
- Isle of Skye
- Loch Maree
- Glenfinnan
- Kilchurn, Craigievar, Invernay & Eilean Donan castles
- Glasgow
- Aberdeen
- Perthshire
o DECEMBER - NORWAY
- Lofoten
- Lovatnet
- Henningsvaer
- Senja
- Tromso
- Sandnes
- Bithorn
o JANUARY - RUSSIA
- Moscow
- Saint Petersburg
- Pyatigorsk
- Siberia
- Yalta
- Kamchatka Penninsula
o FEBRUARY - SWEDEN
- Stockholm
- Halmstad
- Jukkasjaervi
- Vaermlands Laen
o MARCH - CANADA
- Quebec
- Toronto
- Banff National Park
- Montreal
This form of travel interests me so much as they get to explore entire countries rather than just places and their feed showcases not only their own photography but a lot of work from underrated photographers native to the places they've visited!
My final favourite from this category is the luxury travel blog of Chris and Danika who have been digital nomads since March 2014. Although their travel style (luxury hotels & cities) isn't exactly my idea of 'perfect' travel, their blog has been extremely helpful for me when planning my month's interrail around Europe. Not only do they post about packing tips but they also create travel guides from all the places they've visited which I've found extremely interesting to click through!
Accessories
I've since discovered that this item is pretty pricey but it seems a really cool idea. The 'Ultimate Travel Cup' (by hypebargains.com) contains a comb & a mirror as well as a cup to hold your toothbrush / toothpaste, a compartment for a hand towel or other products and two liquid dispensers for shampoo or moisturiser or conditioner etc. I've currently just ordered this product and will leave a review once I've received it that I will link here!
Travel Sites
Basically I've made this category so I can rave about interrail. It's a fantastic idea for backpackers to save money with mass travel and I've been studying this website for almost 3 years whilst planning my month around Europe. Soon, I will be writing a post about my experience with the interrail site and how I planned my trip so look out for that!
This is only the beginning of 2018 so I'm sure I'll make some more travel favourites throughout the coming year but here's just a quick insight into what I've been loving recently.
See you within the next two weeks for another post (I'm on a roll here!!)
Jemma x
NEXT BLOG: 4/6/18
Hi guys!!
Look at me actually blogging when I said I would!!
So I've done a travel favourites post once before (check it out here) and I have to say that it's one of my best entries to this blog! I thought I'd start off the year (... in march) with a few things I've been loving to do with travel.
Social Media
So, when it comes to Social Media, there are a few travellers that I have been loving from across the blogging, vlogging and instagramming scenes!
I think I'll have to start with my most recent obsession which is The Bucket List Family! This is a family of 5 (Calihan Gee being the most recent addition - January this year!) who have been travelling the world, practically non-stop, since August 2015 (coincidentally when I posted my last Travel Favourites). They've been to roughly 50 countries and have been a huge inspiration to me in the past few months, not only as digital nomad but also as parents (obviously I have a few years left before I take on that adventure but its amazing to see how the Gee's handle raising kids on the road)! They've opened my eyes up to a broader world of travel that I'm even more eager to explore and I can't recommend their videos enough. After a short break since their son Cali was born, The Bucket List Family are actually posting their 101st weekly vlog today so make sure you check that out!
Another social media travelling account I've been loving is @jetlagmonthly on instagram. This couple have been visiting a country per month since June 2017 and gramming their favourite snaps from all over. There adventures so far have included:
o JUNE - FRANCE
- Paris
- Stassburg
- Brittany
- Corsica
- Lyon
- Tahiti
- Lille
- Hossegor
- Etretat
- Martinique
- Guadeloupe
o JULY - ITALY
- Rome
- Sardinia
- Milan
- Venice
- Positano
- Florence
- Pisa
- Sicily
- Cinque Terre
- Amalfi
o AUGUST - GREECE
- Athens
- Kefalonia
- Chalkidiki
- Zakinthos
- Mykonos
- Ios
- Santorini
o SEPTEMBER - SPAIN
- Barcelona
- Majorca
- Alicante
- Valencia
- Ibiza
- Madrid
- Canary Islands
o OCTOBER - THAILAND
- Ko Samui
- Rayavadee
- Phi Phi
- Chiang Mai
- Phuket
- Krabi
- Khao Sok National Park
- Koh Tao
- Ubon Ratchathani
- Phang Nga
o NOVEMBER - SCOTLAND
- Edinburgh
- Isle of Skye
- Loch Maree
- Glenfinnan
- Kilchurn, Craigievar, Invernay & Eilean Donan castles
- Glasgow
- Aberdeen
- Perthshire
o DECEMBER - NORWAY
- Lofoten
- Lovatnet
- Henningsvaer
- Senja
- Tromso
- Sandnes
- Bithorn
o JANUARY - RUSSIA
- Moscow
- Saint Petersburg
- Pyatigorsk
- Siberia
- Yalta
- Kamchatka Penninsula
o FEBRUARY - SWEDEN
- Stockholm
- Halmstad
- Jukkasjaervi
- Vaermlands Laen
o MARCH - CANADA
- Quebec
- Toronto
- Banff National Park
- Montreal
This form of travel interests me so much as they get to explore entire countries rather than just places and their feed showcases not only their own photography but a lot of work from underrated photographers native to the places they've visited!
My final favourite from this category is the luxury travel blog of Chris and Danika who have been digital nomads since March 2014. Although their travel style (luxury hotels & cities) isn't exactly my idea of 'perfect' travel, their blog has been extremely helpful for me when planning my month's interrail around Europe. Not only do they post about packing tips but they also create travel guides from all the places they've visited which I've found extremely interesting to click through!
Accessories
I've since discovered that this item is pretty pricey but it seems a really cool idea. The 'Ultimate Travel Cup' (by hypebargains.com) contains a comb & a mirror as well as a cup to hold your toothbrush / toothpaste, a compartment for a hand towel or other products and two liquid dispensers for shampoo or moisturiser or conditioner etc. I've currently just ordered this product and will leave a review once I've received it that I will link here!
Travel Sites
Basically I've made this category so I can rave about interrail. It's a fantastic idea for backpackers to save money with mass travel and I've been studying this website for almost 3 years whilst planning my month around Europe. Soon, I will be writing a post about my experience with the interrail site and how I planned my trip so look out for that!
This is only the beginning of 2018 so I'm sure I'll make some more travel favourites throughout the coming year but here's just a quick insight into what I've been loving recently.
See you within the next two weeks for another post (I'm on a roll here!!)
Jemma x
Tuesday 27 March 2018
My Plans - 2018
PREVIOUS BLOG: 27/3/18
NEXT BLOG: 1/4/18
Heyyyyyy
Long time no see.
HA just playing - two blog posts in one night? new year, new me do I hear you say?
Ok yes I am aware its April this week and yes I am aware that I may have hibernated for like 2 1/2 years but the point is that I'm back and I'm ready to... attack? Yes.. attack the blogging scene once again!
This year, as I mentioned in my last post, is a big one for me on the travelling side. I've already been on a week trip with my boyfriend (HI ALI!!!) in February half-term (more info on that coming soon) and have got a hell of a lot planned for the rest of the year, mainly a month interrailing, a Scandanavian cruise and some christmas markets!
Over the Christmas holidays, I visited Cologne for a few days to experience the markets and they were amazing!!! I'm planning a post soon summing up that trip but I have to say that the best part was that my German improved a ton - even if my navigating skills went downhill a bit (stay tuned to hear more on this in the next month or so!!). My german classmates and me loved that trip so much that we're planning to make it an annual tradition and follow on from it this year with Vienna! On top of that, my mum got jealous of my Cologne experience so me, her and some family friends - one being Emma who loved Cologne when she visited and wants to see it at Christamas time - are planning on revisiting this year... whoever claimed that the Uni winter break was for meeting deadlines and revising for end of semester exams?
My other two big travel plans for this year are a little more on the epic side. I'll most likely go into more detail in later posts but for now, here's a summary of each trip with a basic city/country-based itinerary:
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE READ MY BLOG: all of the countries and places I've included below are going to count towards my 'country-game' count (with the exception of Hungary). I know with a cruise its not technically sticking to the rules as I only have an overnight stay in Stockholm and St Petersberg but my mum, the God and overriding ruler of the game - has allowed me to make some exceptions considering this cruise is to celebrate my 18th Birthday!
Scandanavian Cruise
- Bruges, Belgium
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Tallinn, Estonia
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Berlin (Warnermunde), Germany
Interrail - 1 month
- Paris, France
- Barcelona, Spain
- Nice, France
- Bordighera, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- San Biase, Italy (Abruzzo - my house!!)
- Venice, Italy
- Vienna, Austria
- Budapest, Hungary
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
All VERY exciting!!! (Geez I sound like my mother...)
In all seriousness though, it feels great to be blogging again and I am very much looking forward to immortalising the amazing memories I make this year on this platform.
Stay tuned for updates on plans, tips and other travelly things (I'm so professional)
Jem x ~signing off~
NEXT BLOG: 1/4/18
Heyyyyyy
Long time no see.
HA just playing - two blog posts in one night? new year, new me do I hear you say?
Ok yes I am aware its April this week and yes I am aware that I may have hibernated for like 2 1/2 years but the point is that I'm back and I'm ready to... attack? Yes.. attack the blogging scene once again!
This year, as I mentioned in my last post, is a big one for me on the travelling side. I've already been on a week trip with my boyfriend (HI ALI!!!) in February half-term (more info on that coming soon) and have got a hell of a lot planned for the rest of the year, mainly a month interrailing, a Scandanavian cruise and some christmas markets!
Over the Christmas holidays, I visited Cologne for a few days to experience the markets and they were amazing!!! I'm planning a post soon summing up that trip but I have to say that the best part was that my German improved a ton - even if my navigating skills went downhill a bit (stay tuned to hear more on this in the next month or so!!). My german classmates and me loved that trip so much that we're planning to make it an annual tradition and follow on from it this year with Vienna! On top of that, my mum got jealous of my Cologne experience so me, her and some family friends - one being Emma who loved Cologne when she visited and wants to see it at Christamas time - are planning on revisiting this year... whoever claimed that the Uni winter break was for meeting deadlines and revising for end of semester exams?
My other two big travel plans for this year are a little more on the epic side. I'll most likely go into more detail in later posts but for now, here's a summary of each trip with a basic city/country-based itinerary:
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE READ MY BLOG: all of the countries and places I've included below are going to count towards my 'country-game' count (with the exception of Hungary). I know with a cruise its not technically sticking to the rules as I only have an overnight stay in Stockholm and St Petersberg but my mum, the God and overriding ruler of the game - has allowed me to make some exceptions considering this cruise is to celebrate my 18th Birthday!
Scandanavian Cruise
- Bruges, Belgium
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Tallinn, Estonia
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Berlin (Warnermunde), Germany
Interrail - 1 month
- Paris, France
- Barcelona, Spain
- Nice, France
- Bordighera, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- San Biase, Italy (Abruzzo - my house!!)
- Venice, Italy
- Vienna, Austria
- Budapest, Hungary
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands
All VERY exciting!!! (Geez I sound like my mother...)
In all seriousness though, it feels great to be blogging again and I am very much looking forward to immortalising the amazing memories I make this year on this platform.
Stay tuned for updates on plans, tips and other travelly things (I'm so professional)
Jem x ~signing off~
Where have I been? Procrastinating. (Warning: Waffling Updates / False (most likely) Admin Promises)
PREVIOUS BLOG: 3/9/15 (almost 3 years? disgraceful Jemma...)
NEXT BLOG: 27/3/18
Yo Yo Yo...
So hey... I totally haven't been away for like... ever.... pfft.... nooooo.
A N Y W A Y - for anyone who actually reads this blog (I doubt any of you actually are still here after this long a gap) you will know that I tend to make promises of posts and not deliver. In my defense my laptop blocked Blogger... and it blocks my internet a lot of the time because it poses a 'threat'. At the moment my laptop's supposed security is a 'threat' to my A Level revision as well as, it seems, my blogging.
With my lame excuses out of the way, I am planning on getting this page up and running again. In the summer I'm travelling for just over 1 1/2 months and in that time I will be visiting over 15 countries - what a way to celebrate acing, failing or simply passing my A Level huh? (or a way of destressing before actually getting to the dreaded 'results day'). I will try my hardest to post at least one entry on this blog for every country but I'm ambitiously hoping for more. A lot of this will depend on whether I can find a good internet connection - my hopes are that I can use my long train journies for this. I've also considered filming at least some of my travels so if I make that decision, I will link the appropriate channel on this blog!
There are several things I feel like I need to update this blog on in terms of my travel plans. I've become obsessed with some more travel bloggers, been on a few cool excursions and discovered more facts about countries and territories around the world (see what did I tell you? procrastination.)
I will post a less boring post than this tonight, just to get the ball rolling again,and I hope that I can provide a good enough reason for you guys to stick around a little longer.
(Sorry for my terrible blogging skills... my 2 1/2 year absence seems to have left me a little rusty)
Update you soon! (TONIGHT!!! BECAUSE I AM ORGANISED!!!)
Jem x
NEXT BLOG: 27/3/18
Yo Yo Yo...
So hey... I totally haven't been away for like... ever.... pfft.... nooooo.
A N Y W A Y - for anyone who actually reads this blog (I doubt any of you actually are still here after this long a gap) you will know that I tend to make promises of posts and not deliver. In my defense my laptop blocked Blogger... and it blocks my internet a lot of the time because it poses a 'threat'. At the moment my laptop's supposed security is a 'threat' to my A Level revision as well as, it seems, my blogging.
With my lame excuses out of the way, I am planning on getting this page up and running again. In the summer I'm travelling for just over 1 1/2 months and in that time I will be visiting over 15 countries - what a way to celebrate acing, failing or simply passing my A Level huh? (or a way of destressing before actually getting to the dreaded 'results day'). I will try my hardest to post at least one entry on this blog for every country but I'm ambitiously hoping for more. A lot of this will depend on whether I can find a good internet connection - my hopes are that I can use my long train journies for this. I've also considered filming at least some of my travels so if I make that decision, I will link the appropriate channel on this blog!
There are several things I feel like I need to update this blog on in terms of my travel plans. I've become obsessed with some more travel bloggers, been on a few cool excursions and discovered more facts about countries and territories around the world (see what did I tell you? procrastination.)
I will post a less boring post than this tonight, just to get the ball rolling again,and I hope that I can provide a good enough reason for you guys to stick around a little longer.
(Sorry for my terrible blogging skills... my 2 1/2 year absence seems to have left me a little rusty)
Update you soon! (TONIGHT!!! BECAUSE I AM ORGANISED!!!)
Jem x
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