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by Fizz 01/04/2023

So I’m in Toruń, Poland for the World Masters Athletics (my parents are badasses and this is how it manifests in my dad). Poland is a popular destination, it’s fair…

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Ready for Take Off: Spending the night in a Boeing 747 hostel | Jumbo Stay Stockholm

by Fizz 28/03/2023

Featured image from JumboStay.com The day started like most long travel days: an early morning, no breakfast, a cold trip to the train station, and stealing naps here and there.…

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So I’ve just returned from a four-day trip to Levi, in Finnish Lapland (not including travel time!) and what an amazing experience it was! Lapland is a must-visit for many…

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Studying in Sweden – reflecting on an incredible first semester

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So I’ve reached the end of the first semester here in Sweden, which means it’s an appropriate time for some kind of stream-of-consciousness post about my experience here. If I…

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by Fizz 17/12/2022

Lovely, lovely autumn – darker nights, colder mornings, and bright, low sunshine – if you’re lucky. Alternatively, it’s grey skies and wet puddles everywhere! Any sane person would hate the…

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Sometimes there’s nothing better than relaxing with friends – or alone! – over your drink of choice, and it’s no secret that as students we quickly scope out the best…

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Situated on the West coast of Sweden, the country’s second largest city is home to a wealth of cultural, outdoor, culinary and other experiences. It’s an easy to explore city,…

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Córdoba is a city that featured on my bucket list post, although at the time I wasn’t really aware of what the city had to offer – I think I…

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Birmingham 2022: a volunteer, a spectator and a tourist

by Fizz 14/10/2022

In August 2022 I had the great honour of joining the 14,000-strong team of volunteers at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The opportunity first came to my attention through, of…

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Let’s take a walk around Toruń, Poland! 📍 T Let’s take a walk around Toruń, Poland!

📍 Town Hall
📍 Town square 
📍 Planetarium (the domed roof)
📍 University building
📍 Filuś statue
📍 various town centre building!
Photos from a few weeks ago now 🇵🇱 After a Photos from a few weeks ago now 🇵🇱 

After arriving in Poland, I went straight to Toruń, a small medieval town a couple of hours from Gdańsk. It’s knows as the birthplace Nicolaus Copernicus and home to the famous Toruń Gingerbread, which has been made there since the Middle Ages.
🌸 Spring in Gothenburg 🌳 Nature, fika and l 🌸 Spring in Gothenburg 🌳

Nature, fika and lots and lots of time spent outdoors - this is Spring in Gothenburg!

After months of short days and cold weather, the sun appeared very suddenly here. Now the city is busy every day with people choosing to walk or cycle, lingering in the sun and taking a coffee or a beer outdoors. There’s a compulsion to be out and about when the weather it good, to make the most of it, knowing that it could change at any moment. It’s stronger here than at home but it’s definitely not an unfamiliar feeling to me! 

Luckily, there are plenty of outdoor spaces in which to enjoy the weather 🌞 

How do you make the most of Spring?
Göteborgsvarvet 2023! Almost 40,000 runners and Göteborgsvarvet 2023!

Almost 40,000 runners and who knows how many spectators, on a balmy day in Gothenburg, running what’s often described as the worlds largest half marathon! A great day out for runners and viewers alike, with great organisation and atmosphere. It was great to see the city alive with runners both local and visiting, and it’s fun for all the family with several races catered towards children too. 

Very fun watching my good friends enjoy their respective first half marathons - possibly with many more to come. And I enjoyed dashing around the city but bus, boat and tram trying to see them as various points along the route 😂 

Would you travel to compete in a sports event? Runners from 50 nations did this weekend! 🏃‍♂️
I’m a few weeks late to the party, but here’s I’m a few weeks late to the party, but here’s a collection of photos of Gothenburg’s blossom 🌸🪷🌺 just what we needed to mark the arrival of Spring and bring out some colour
Valborg 2023! 30th April is a celebration of Spri Valborg 2023!

30th April is a celebration of Spring in Sweden, but it’s also been hijacked by students! In Gothenburg, Chalmer’s university students run a parade of floats decorated to remember (and make fun of) news stories from the year. I’m a lover of a parade like this, since back home in Knaresborough we have the Bed Race every year 😂

This is followed by a gathering of the most people I’ve ever seen in one place in Sweden, to watch the bonfire being lit. 

I’ve left the raw audio so you can get a sense of the atmosphere! Have you ever been to a celebration like this?
Part 2 of my Jumbo Stay adventure! ✈️ I trie Part 2 of my Jumbo Stay adventure! ✈️ 

I tried out the showers before I slept, finding them surprisingly nice! Although a bit chilly. After a very comfy night’s sleep I went for the self-service breakfast, which seemed to have a very good selection. Unfortunately, the first carton of milk I tried was off, and even though everything else seemed pretty fresh, it put me off! But the room was very cool. 

I only saw one other person come into the hostel that night and didn’t hear a thing. Between the long corridor and the snow, it was eerie!

The next morning, I did see a few people. One poor man had to yank the frozen cabin door open in pyjamas because the engine rooms don’t have their own bathrooms!

All in all, a bizarre but very fun stay. One of the cheapest options near Stockholm airport, and only two minutes from the terminals by bus. Read my blog post for more info - hit the link in my bio to find it 🔗
Soooo…I slept in a Boeing plane! If you were ke Soooo…I slept in a Boeing plane!

If you were keeping up on my stories a couple of weeks ago, you’ll have seen that my journey to Poland didn’t exactly go to plan. Luckily, this bizarre hostel was there when I needed a place to crash for the night! (Pun…not intended?)

With comfy beds, clean bathrooms, and even a TV, it had everything you need for a quick overnight stop, with the added bonus of being in a grounded aircraft. Hit the link in my bio to read the blog post for more!

Would you stay here?
Early morning mist in Almuñécar Early morning mist in Almuñécar
Corners of Almuñécar 🇪🇸 ☀️ Corners of Almuñécar 🇪🇸 ☀️
More beachy tranquility from Spain 🇪🇸 🏝 More beachy tranquility from Spain 🇪🇸 🏝
A post of just some of the lovely food and drink I A post of just some of the lovely food and drink I ate in Spain 😋

One thing I was very impressed by in Almuñécar was all the fresh and delicious seafood on the menu. Historically, there was a fish salting plant on the site in the Roman times!

And of course, who can beat the feeling of enjoying a drink on a terrace bar 🌞 🍺
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