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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 OPERAS & BALLETS
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TRAVELLING THE GLOBE VISITING THE MOST SPECTACULAR OPERA AND BALLET HOUSES
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AND SPREADING MY LOVE FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC & DANCE
USA & Canada Road Trip Itinerary
We spent 2 weeks in USA (LA - San Francisco - Portland - Seattle) & 1 week in Vancouver and Vancouver Island. And by the royal 'we' I...
Oct 3, 2023
A Weekend Road Trip in Kos, Greece
I recently embarked on a short but very exciting weekend road trip around the island of Kos. It was my very first time visiting Greece....
Sep 24, 2021
Tennis Challenge: Week 4 & Final Match
Hmmm.. it's been two weeks since the final match, so I feel better now ;-) I survived the 30 days training (just about), but long story...
May 19, 2021
Tennis Challenge: Week 3
Slightly belated summary of week 3. It was tough. I felt super tired beginning of the week and to be honest, most of the workouts were...
Apr 28, 2021
A Roadtrip in Fuerteventura: The South
Corralejo - Sotavento - Cofete This is route number 2, which goes down south from Corralejo, all along the east coast of Fuerteventura....
Apr 19, 2021
Tennis Challenge: Week 2
It's Monday and I've just kicked off week 2 of my tennis challenge. But first of all, quick summary of week 1 : I’m alive. My energy...
Apr 12, 2021
A Road Trip in Fuerteventura: The North
I promised a roadtrip post about Fuerteventura a while ago so here’s part 1 of 3. Sorry for the delay: I’ve been playing way too much...
Apr 9, 2021
Tennis Challenge: Week 1
It’s already been a challenge doing (only) 2-3 hours training daily during the prep weeks. I have moments when I can clearly see progress...
Apr 2, 2021
Tennis Challenge: 30 Days Training Like A Pro
For 30 days starting Monday, 5thApril 2021, I’ll be training like a pro tennis athlete. I want to see how my body and technique are able...
Mar 29, 2021
A Road Trip Weekend in A Fiat 500C - Car Review
I ended up with another Fiat, this time the cute & classy 500C. It's not a full convertible but 'topless' enough to dry your hair. It’s...
Mar 8, 2021
Fuerteventura Road Trip in a Fiat 124 Spider
If I could describe this car in one word: fun! It’s the perfect roadtrip car for Fuerteventura (more details on the actual roadtrip in a...
Feb 21, 2021
Home is Where My Laptop is
Bit of a personal one from me, straight from Fuerte. I’m feeling a bit under the weather today, hence the mood. I mean, who hasn’t had...
Feb 18, 2021
Travel Locally
I never thought I’d be living through a sci-fi film script. I happen to work in TV, so I don't say that lightly. A couple of months ago I...
Mar 24, 2020
Chopin in Bavaria
A few weeks ago, pre-coronavirus lockdown, I headed for a 36h city break to Munich. I ticked off my first ballet of 2020 and looks like...
Mar 18, 2020
Dubai Opera House
I was planning to stick to Europe this year, but ended up watching Misty Copeland in New York, followed by United Arab Emirates. Dubai: a...
Jan 8, 2020
The Nutcracker ballet at Warsaw Opera House
I’ve seen Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ at least a dozen times. Usually around December, as it’s a very Xmassy...
Dec 24, 2019
Misty Copeland in New York
Just a few highlights from seeing the amazing Misty Copeland live in New York (sorry in advance, I have no big close ups as was sitting...
Dec 12, 2019
The 10 Very Best Things about Mallorca
I have a back log of posts I’d like to share with you, starting with Mallorca. It’s one of my fave places in the world and if you haven’t...
Nov 14, 2019
Prague Opera - Photo Highlights
The Prague National Theatre, Narodni Divadlo, is a fantastic 'to do' when in Prague. The neo-renaissance building stems from the second...
Nov 6, 2019
Best Places to Eat in NY
In amongst doing shoots and pitching shows, I found some time to eat NY. It’s impossible to cover such a massive foodie scene in a few...
Oct 23, 2019
Travel guide - One Day in Prague, Czechia
It was my first time in Prague. I've covered a lot of the world in the last 10 years, but surprisingly not much of Eastern Europe despite...
Oct 21, 2019
Interia Drive Cup: Highlights
I've been (more or less; )successfully competing in the Interia Drive Cup this year. It's a semi-pro competition for classic style racing...
Oct 21, 2019
My Very Best 10 Hacks for a Perfect City Break
1. The 2 hour flight rule. Anything above that makes for a whole day of travelling and you really want to avoid this when you've just a...
Sep 30, 2019
Ballet with Bratwurst in Berlin
One thing you might not know about me: I studied German at Uni. Not sure how that happened, but it did. Applied Linguists to be specific,...
Sep 13, 2019
Travel Guide - One Day in Rotterdam
To get to Rotterdam, it took me twice to lock myself out of my flat, two missed flights and a non-refundable hotel booked for the wrong...
Sep 5, 2019
10 Quirky Facts about Amsterdam and the Netherlands
I’ve been spending a lot of my time in the Netherlands lately so I thought I’d find out a bit more about this small, but very robust...
Aug 27, 2019
My 10 Very Best Places to Eat in Amsterdam
For more info on each place click on the name. Most of these spots are located in the district of Jordaan and a couple around De Pijp....
Jul 14, 2019
Palais Garnier Opera in Paris
Normally it takes a few days or weeks till I get my head around writing about my latest adventure, but this time I decided to jot...
Jul 12, 2019
Interia Drive Cup
This year I’m hoping to take my race driving skills to the next level and starting in the Interia Drive Cup in Poland. It’s targeted at...
May 19, 2019
10 Very Best Reasons to Go to the Opera
1. Girls, you can properly get dressed up (some of the outfits I buy are only good for a ball or...the opera house) If you've got the...
Apr 2, 2019
Frankenstein at the Royal Opera House in London
I’ve never actually heard about Frankenstein performed ‘en pointe’ until I looked up what’s on in the Royal Opera House in London. The...
Mar 28, 2019
Don Giovanni in Palma de Mallorca
My latest opera trip ended up being in…Palma de Mallorca. Not the obvious choice, but I happened to be visiting my best friend over there...
Mar 17, 2019
Cinderella in Amsterdam
I kicked off 2019 with the ballet 'Cinderella' and it's my first time at the Dutch National Opera and Ballet before. It was a bit of a...
Jan 20, 2019
Ben Nevis, Scotland: A Climbing Adventure
Where do you start. Is it possible to be happy and unhappy all at the same time? Yes. That's exactly how I felt at the top of Ben Nevis....
Dec 7, 2018
Monte Carlo or Bust Rally : Highlights
Just some long overdue highlights from the epic Monte Carlo or Bust rally, when me and my dad managed to clock up nearly 5000km around...
Nov 15, 2018
How to Drive in Morocco: My Very Best Tips
Throwback to November last year. It was the first big challenge-roadtrip I did when I created this site. I was also talking with my good...
Sep 18, 2018
CHALLENGE COMPLETED: FRENCH IN 90 DAYS FINALE!
There’s so many things I want to share with you about France and learning French (and lots more to come in the vlogs soon!) I’ll be...
May 17, 2018
MONTE CARLO (OR BUST) RALLY: GRAPHICS IN PROGRESS
The latest on the graphics for the Toyota Corolla. I'll be heading to Poland mid-May (and then around mid-June again) to sort these out...
May 5, 2018
MONTE CARLO RALLY - PREP ON PAPER
Here you go, the next episode of the 'Monte Carlo or Bust Rally' series. My dad came over to London a few weeks go and we finally sat...
Apr 29, 2018
PREPPING THE FRENCH CHALLENGE FINALE
My 90days of learning French is over. Well, saying that, I’ll be learning French for the rest of my life, but at least the 3 months of...
Apr 19, 2018
FRENCH...THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW
Wow.. it’s been a while since I wrote a blogpost about my French challenge and it uddenly hit me that the 90days deadline is tomorrow!...
Apr 15, 2018
VLOG 2 - MONTE CARLO OR BUST - THE FIRST SPIN
Find out how me and my dad are getting on with the prep for the Monte Carlo or bust rally. We've been testing our car in rather extreme...
Mar 14, 2018
FRENCH AFTER 7 WEEKS
It's over half way through the French challenge, so where am I at? Well, I can finally talk about the past as the last couple of days...
Mar 4, 2018
VLOG 1: 4 WEEKS OF FRENCH PRONUNCIATION
So, first ever blog is finally up. Very humble beginnings, random bits filmed on my iPhone & laptop :) Summary of my first month...
Feb 26, 2018
WEEK 5 OF PARLER FRANCAIS
Week 5 has been a lot about ‘forcing’ myself to do those 15min of French when I know I’m losing momentum in my challenge and can’t find...
Feb 24, 2018
(BELATED) WEEK 4 UPDATE ON MY FRENCH
I know a bit more than 'une baguette' by this stage..just finished week 5 of my learning French challenge, but still writing a blogpost...
Feb 19, 2018
SEMAINE TROIS
I’ve had some moments of doubt this week pondering if I can ever get past only being able to name things and memorise whole sentences....
Feb 4, 2018
SEMAINE DUEX
As it was an extremely busy time for me work-wise, my second week has mostly been about trying to fit in at least one minute of French...
Feb 1, 2018
FRENCH CAPSULE WARDROBE
Week two has been all about learning French words for clothes and colours, apart from trying to memorize another dozen of sentences along...
Jan 27, 2018
WORDS & INSPIRATIONS FOR WEEK 2: CLOTHES, COLOURS AND FRENCH COUTURE
It’s the beginning of week two and I was thinking that I need to organise the ‘words of the day’ which I do on Instagram and have some...
Jan 22, 2018
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