25/10/2015 Listening to someone coughing the gunk up off their lungs every morning, isn’t the most pleasant of things to wake up to, is it? Flat sharing has both its good and its bad points. I’m sure a lot of people have gone through the experience of flat sharing at some point or other and… Read more »
17/8/2015 “Here I go again” I said to myself when the plane was taking off from Dublin to Edinburgh. Another relocation and hopefully the last one. Having to go through the process of registering with doctors, dentists, opening a bank account, finding a job, long term accommodation and such things can be a struggle… Read more »
9/8/2015 Since May this year I’ve been moving around quite a lot. Some of those moves have been just holidays and some have been major relocations. I left New Zealand in May, headed back to Amsterdam for a few days, then on to Ireland for about seven weeks and now I’ve moved to Edinburgh. Hopefully… Read more »
3/8/2015 I recently moved back to Europe from New Zealand at the end of May and was trying to decide where to base myself and what sort of jobs to apply for. Here are the next steps in the decision making process. I contacted about twenty Irish tour operators and a few English/Scottish ones. I… Read more »
30/7/2015 A lot has happened since I left New Zealand over two months ago and it’s high time that I filled everyone in on what I’ve been doing. I’ll just quickly say that I’ve moved to Edinburgh and am trying to get myself sorted out here with finding a job, opening bank accounts, registering with… Read more »
14/4/2015 “Aurora Alert!” This was a text that I got from a work colleague last Saturday night. It meant that I had to get my butt out the door fast, get away from Lake Tekapo’s village lights and go somewhere that was facing south. It was an opportunity to get a glimpse of my first… Read more »
2/4/2015 It was great to head off for a few days to Dunedin. I badly needed to hear some live music and experience some culture. Here are some more highlights of my trip. THE RIALTO CINEMA On my first night in Dunedin I had a wander around the city at night and decided to go… Read more »
2/4/2015 It can be so refreshing sometimes to just head off for a break somewhere for a few days especially if you live in an isolated little village with no car. I’ve been living in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, as many people know, for the last year and a half and at times I really… Read more »
23/2/2015 I’ve had some “fun and games” recently with Expedia.nl regarding my return flight back to Amsterdam. It’s been a learning experience, to say the least! I booked a return flight from Amsterdam to New Zealand through Expedia.nl in 2013. I checked the Fares and Rules section because I knew that I might have to… Read more »
27/1/2015 I have been working now for Earth and Sky Observatory, in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, for the last year. I was originally going to go back to Europe at the end of January this year when my current work visa expired but there’s been a change of plan. Now I’ve decided to stay on… Read more »
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