Travelling Through Brazil as a Tall Blonde

Apart from not holding me back and instead supporting my decision to go to the continent with 43 of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world (of which I have recently learnt Porto Alegre is one of them), my parents have not exactly helped me in my quest to mould into a native here.

The impact of Covid-19 on my (not so) imminent travel plans

When I first started hearing about the spread of Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown’s, it took me a while to consider it a direct threat. In Europe the first cases appeared in Italy, then Spain, then France and eventually it reached the UK’s shores.