This parasol has been sat in the middle of our road for the past few weeks. A big summer umbrella wouldn’t last three hours, let alone three weeks, in the same position in the UK before some form of officialdom took an interest.
We’re suckers for names and products that translate into silliness in English and couldn’t resist this.
Vivi Rathbon is a Buenos Aires expat, truly in love with the magical city of Buenos Aires, which, at the time of writing, she had had the pleasure of residing in for three years.
So you’ve finally done it. You’re retired overseas, living the dream in some exotic locale. You’ve done a good bit of kicking back, perhaps indulged in your hobby or hobbies, maybe made some new friends. Things are going well (although who couldn’t use a little bit of extra cash). Then, you are hit by a realization that’s been slowly creeping up on you: you’re bored.
So, you’ve just returned back from your incredible travelling experience. You’ve been gone for perhaps months at a time, and you left your ordinary, straightforward and repetitive daily routine at your front door all those months ago. So now the idea of heading back to it might feel a little deflating.
When we caught up with Ed Rex, a twentysomething deaf Yorkshireman, he was still looking forward to the adventures to come on his around the world journey.
What would seem like routine work at home is a totally new experience when you’re in another culture. Joanna Brough got her hands on a working holiday visa and managed to earn a fair bit of money from office work in New Zealand.
Australia offers fruit picking jobs throughout the year. Find out where and when here.
An otherwise sedate country where people are happy to chat to strangers on a bus, New Zealand has a good claim to the title of the home of adventure travel.
The top five beaches in Sydney Australia, including Bondi, Balmoral, Clovelly, Little Congwong Bay and Lady Martin's beach.