Gaufres de Liège

That’s Waffles from Liège to non-French speakers.  During the months I spent living and working in Liège last year I picked up a waffle-eating addiction habit.
Belgium is known for its beer, for its chocolate, but also for its waffles.  Many of the bigger cities in Wallonia, the French-speaking region, have their own type of waffle [...]

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The Times Photography Competition

I had a pleasant surprise today – I submitted a picture a couple of weeks ago to a monthly travel photo competition held by The Times and found out today I was one of the finalists!
About a week ago they posted a second set of nominees (they post 2 sets of nominees per month) and [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Wishing a merry Christmas to all Christian readers of my blog (and non-Christian readers if you celebrate Christmas)!  I hope you all have a great day, whether it’s with family or friends or on your own and that you’ve been good this year so that you get loads of presents (that’s how it works, right??)
Since [...]

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Places of the Past

Since I’ll be graduating in June (supposedly) and therefore, in theory, joining the working world shortly after, I decided that it would be wise to postpone that eventuality and travel.  Two friends of mine, whom I met while at university, also enjoy travelling and, since they’ve never been to anywhere on the Asian continent before, [...]

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Last Lecture

I won’t be graduating until June, but because of the way my course works my last lecture is tomorrow morning.  Next semester I’ll be going on an exchange to France (more about that later though), so with the exception of exams in January and a week of presentations in May, this week is essentially my [...]

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Bath Christmas Market

This time last year I was traipsing through the Christmas market in Liège – this year it was the Christmas market in Bath.  After the Belgian take on Christmas markets (I also went to one in Brugges and one in Brussels) I have to say the one in Bath was a little disappointing.  To start [...]

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