Category: Travel Diaries
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A Paris Travel Diary: Going Alone for the First Time
In September 2025, I took a solo trip to Paris for the first time. By no means, is it my first time in the city – you’ll find other travel diaries already on my blog – but never had I ventured alone before. The ‘clinamen’ installation at the Bourse de…
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Cinderella for a Weekend: My Stay at Claridge’s
Instead of a palace, picture a hotel room with a walk in wardrobe and balcony. In place of a carriage, a seat in first class on the train to King’s Cross. But I did have a ballgown, a beautiful dress from Sister Jane that I’d finally tracked down on Vinted.…
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My 2022 Paris Travel Diary
Being back in an airport for the first time in three years was a bit of a surreal experience. Having seen so many videos of lengthy security queues, I was prepared to wait for hours unlike in 2019 but overall I was just so excited to be going on holiday…
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Hello from a European Train
As I write this I’m on a train somewhere in the Czech Republic on my way from Prague to Berlin (and now proof reading this in a Berlin coffee shop). There’s a small town to my left and rolling hills to my right with the sun beaming down on it…
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My 2018 Paris Travel Diary
“Paris is not a city, it is a world.” Have truer words ever been spoken? Paris has a manner about it that makes it distinct from other capital cities. Despite being just as busy, inhabited by irritable citizens and teaming with tourists, it still captures my heart like no other…
Becca Marriner 