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~
Tuesday 27 March 2018
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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