Budget Travel and Global Experiences
There has never been a better time to be a vegetarian, and as Manchester is the birthplace of Vegetarian Society, here is a round up of the Top 5 Veggie and Vegan restaurants in and around the city. Eighth Day Co-operative Situated on Oxford Road, just opposite MMU’s All saints campus, this veggie cafe is…Continue Reading “Top 5 Veggie Eats in Manchester”
This summer I went on my first backpacking holiday, and spent two weeks backpacking around Italy. Before I went I read up on everything and thought I was really prepared, but not as much as I probably should have been. So here are my tips and tricks having learnt from my experience. Packing Cubes These…Continue Reading “Backpacking tips and tricks”
So, you’ve moved all your things into halls, you’ve met the people you’re going to be living with for a year and you’ve enrolled on your course. Now what? Nowadays, when you tell people that you’re off to university, you get the reaction, “these are going to be the best years of your life”. No…Continue Reading “‘The Best Years of Your Life’: Advice for Freshers”
In September, my friend and I went to visit the vibrant city of Berlin for 5 days. We stayed in the Wombat City Hostel, which was about ten minutes walk away from Aexanderplatz and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay there. We ate breakfast there every day as it was only €4.50 and it was all you…Continue Reading “5 days in Berlin”
Day 3 On our third day in Morocco, we went on a day trip to the Ouzoud Waterfalls, the second largest waterfall in Africa. We were picked up from out Djemaa El Fna, and taken in a minibus to Ouzoud, which took around 1 3/4 hours. Once we reached the waterfall, we were taken by…Continue Reading “4 Days in Marrakech: Part 2”
In July, I visited Marrakech, Morocco, or as our taxi driver called it ‘the crazy city’. I think crazy is an apt way to describe this bustling town, it really is out of this world. From the donkeys pulling carts through the narrow streets, to snake charmers in the main square, it is a whole…Continue Reading “4 Days in Marrakech: Part 1”
On our last day in Italy, we decided to take a day trip to the Amalfi coast. We first got a circumvesuviana train from Naples to Sorrento (approx. €3.50), which, for some unknown reason as announcements were in Italian, took nearly 2 hours. From there, we bought a 24 hour Sita Sud bus ticket for €8…Continue Reading “1 Day on the Amalfi Coast”
Our last stop on our tour of Italy was Naples. This was perhaps the place I was most intrigued about, as I had heard mixed reviews. However, I found that it was the most ‘real’ city that we visited in the sense that it was not what some would find aesthetically pleasing, but it was…Continue Reading “3 days in Naples”
The third stop on our Italy adventure was Roma, the capital. We stayed in the Termini area, in a hotel called Auditorium di Mercenate. When we were first walking to find the hotel, I was a little bit wary as I had read online that this area wasn’t the best and so I wasn’t sure…Continue Reading “4 Days in Rome”
The next place on our Italy we stopped in was Firenze. We stayed in WoW Hostel Florence, which was about 15 minutes walk away from the Santa Maria Novella Train Station, and about the same distance to the Duomo. This hostel was perfectly adequate for our needs, it was clean, the staff were friendly and if…Continue Reading “3 days in Florence”