Grab a pew, everyone. It's time to talk about Mendoza. I spent Christmas with my mother in the sleepy city of Mendoza in western Argentina. It was absolutely dreamy. We ate …
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Latin America
NO-GUILT TRIP • POSTCARDS FROM MONTEVIDEO
08/02/2020
I spent last week in Montevideo, extending my increasingly abused tourist visa and eating cake. I'd love to have a big long list of all the must-do attractions in Uruguay's …
The old town of Córdoba is stuffed full of gorgeous old buildings in ice-cream colours. Unlike Buenos Aires, where most of the colonial buildings were destroyed on achieving independence from …
Perito Moreno glacier Hello and welcome to my first post of the new decade! Patagonia is a hidden gem for globetrotters. Spanning the nether regions of both Argentina and Chile, a …
SÃO PAULO IN BRIEF
18/11/2019
Ibirapuera Park Hi friends! Today I'll be recounting my trip to São Paulo, Brazil. Surrounded by forest-covered mountains, with pastel tower blocks emerging like benevolent ghosts from the trees that fill …
Convento de San Francisco In contrast to my last post, I spent last weekend wandering around Colonia del Sacramento, a tranquil little town on the Uruguayan coast whose pastel buildings and …
Last weekend, I was lucky enough to go to Resistance, the Buenos Aires edition of Ultra music festival. Electronic nights and particularly festivals are rare here compared to in Europe, …
Last weekend, I made the trek up to Iguazú Falls from Buenos Aires to see the biggest waterfall system in the world. Several people had told me how magical it …
Hello! I'm back with a couple more of Buenos Aires' beautiful outdoor spaces. As part of my internship, organising events for international students, I led a walking tour around first …
Hello from Buenos Aires! I've been here for 5 days now, and it's safe to say I love it. It's busy and colourful, and full of amazing ice cream - …