Category: Aspirations

Athens: a city with great potential but a city marred by bad graffiti, run-down buildings and unsavoury promiscuous cats.

February 9, 2016

Athens, Attica, Athena: one of the great historical cities of the world. A place where Zeus laid his temple, where myths and legends were formed; where the Olympic Games originated; where food and drink go hand in hand with lifestyle and culture. In Ancient Greek times the ruinous structures that dominated the landscape towered in … More Athens: a city with great potential but a city marred by bad graffiti, run-down buildings and unsavoury promiscuous cats.

The Six Month Itch

January 13, 2016

It’s exactly six months to the day that I arrived back in England, and every day for those last six months I’ve wanted to leave again. I’ve wanted to grab my overnight bag and passport (which sit at the end of my bed by the way, already packed with toiletries and spare underwear) and leave. … More The Six Month Itch

Getting fit and losing weight: New Year’s Resolution Numero Uno.

January 2, 2016

When it comes to New Year’s Resolutions there’s already been an abundance of blogs, articles and features published about the do’s and don’t’s of these lists; the how’s and why’s, and the pros and cons of conventional resolutions versus more alternative ones. There’s information telling us what we should and shouldn’t do, and how we … More Getting fit and losing weight: New Year’s Resolution Numero Uno.

Close Your Eyes

October 15, 2015

As I appear to have been neglecting my blog recently in begrudging and reluctant favour of participating in full time work; a job I care little for and wish I could walk away from but cannot as the financial catch 22 situation prevents me from doing so, I’ve been channeling my creativity and writing into … More Close Your Eyes