'I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.' - Anaïs Nin I say this at the risk of sounding banal, but this quote thoroughly captures me. This is me – always curious, always restless, always relentless. My mind churns at two times above the speed limit when I think about the future. Change frightens me, but...

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...and a few budgeting tips. I have found it hard, on several occasions, to understand why the inertia to travel far and wide is so much greater in some than others, as I’m equally sure that those who travel continuously for months on end find it impossible to comprehend why a person like me isn’t convinced of the feasibility of doing the same....

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A couple weeks prior to my birthday, I semi-seriously told S that if no other gift ideas could be conceived in time for the occasion, I’d be perfectly happy if he bought me a blender. In part because I’d wanted one for the longest time for utilisation in whipping up nut butters and smoothies, but hadn’t yet had heart to devote any part...

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Cinque Terre needs no introduction, but not to provide one would be an injustice to the wondrous fable that it is. These five idyllic villages nestled cliffside along the Italian Riviera are the consummate specimen of the ethereal beauty of Italy’s coastlines. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site and brims with the bustle of capricious tourists who make daily pilgrimages there to soak...

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Public service announcement: turns out pasta doesn’t make you fat after all.** The world’s greatest study of all time has vindicated the famous Sophia Loren quote that goes: ‘everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.’ How poetic and vaguely liberating is that line? Apparently it’s now scientifically proven (big shoutout to the folks at the IRCCS Instituto Neurologico Meditterneano for the confirmation) that...

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How do I put this delicately...Venice is basically Disneyland. Apparently Disney theme parks are supposed to be the happiest places on Earth, a claim though compromised by horror stories of its Florida joint apparently crawling with alligators from nearby rivers, is actually very much true. It feels much like being in a dollhouse, except everything that was supposed to only exist in moulded...

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The Momofuku Milk Bar has a cult following on their amazing cookies, crack pie and cake truffles - they're the imaginative underdog of the Big Apple's pastry scene. I've been following their Instagram page for months and the little swell of fanaticism and fascination I felt at hello was so, so real. Radio City Music Hall. The site of many historical music events,...

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