I often find myself staring longingly at holiday photos of the pristine southern Italian beaches I visited in 2022. Then there are the social media reels that tease and taunt …
The first decent hike I went on was in secondary school, during Year 10 camp. I know it was Year 10 because of a photo I still possess – me …
There was a period in my life when I seriously considered a move to rural England. It was 2012 and I had been living in Sweden, my time there interrupted …
I have had the good fortune to find something of a second home in Milan. It’s not a place I would ever have imagined I would become familiar with or …
Ascending from the deep underground of the metro and popping up right in the heart of the Quartieri Spagnoli, the once infamous Spanish Quarter, was one of those thrilling travel …
On this Sunday in Rome, day 2 of a quick sojourn from Milan where we were visiting family, it was to be a day of wandering and eating – seeing …
Way back in March 2020, that much referenced time of pre-pandemia, I had said goodbye to colleagues as though I would see them in a few weeks and made my …
Tonight I sit on my couch, heater blasting, uni course notes open and discussion board responses to write, and all I feel is the heaviness of the kinder cold gifted …
News of Lockdown 5.0 taking effect in Melbourne from 11.59 p.m. Thursday night sent me into maniacal laughter in the cafe that afternoon while waiting for my chai. I was …
I spent last Sunday at my sister's house, in the suburban fringes of post-lockdown Melbourne. A week prior, her's was a forbidden territory for me and now I could travel …