Stone Mountain is one of those horribly strange places near Atlanta, that when you live there you have conflicted feelings about. The rock itself has a huge Confederate Memorial to Stonewall Jackson, Robert E Lee and Jefferson Davis on…
America
When Sam and I visited Atlanta in the autumn, we did something that I had never done in my 4 years of living in Atlanta. Go to the World of Coca-Cola. It’s something that every person who lives there…
When I returned to America this autumn for the first time in 5 years, it was to attend a dear friend’s wedding outside of Atlanta. A city where she and I used to live together. I lived in Atlanta…
*This is a sponsored post* I went to university in Atlanta, Georgia so I was extremely lucky that popping down to Florida for a long-weekend was reasonably do-able. As students, we tried to go at least once a semester…
Over 5 million women marched on January 21st worldwide. One of the things that I found most inspiring about the Women’s March was how many people became actively politically engaged for perhaps the first time. It would have been…
I got back Wednesday afternoon from Atlanta. And being there made me so homesick! As an expat I don’t really get homesick when I am abroad. But when I am back in America, boy do I miss it. (Also…
As part of my countdown to going back to England I thought I’d blog about another aspect of New Mexico that I will dearly miss. You just can’t get Hatch green chile in England. I don’t think I have…
Last Thursday I mentioned something very exciting: my best friend was coming to stay with me during my time in America! (We have a pretty epic friendship.) And at the time that most of you will glance at this…
Okay, I didn’t really travel to Atlanta. I lived there for 4 and a bit years. But maybe this post will come in handy for anyone traveling to the Atl or thinking about it. Thing to do in the…
Savannah: The city that most people outside the South know as “that place where ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ was set”. I love Savannah. Actually I love LOVE Savannah. I can’t even really describe why. I…