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LA GUIRI

colloquial Spanish noun - foreigner

¡Bienvenidos a todes! Welcome to my 2022 Gap Year.
After relocating from Melbourne, Australia to Torre del Mar, Spain for 5 months as an English Language Assistant, I have since been backpacking through Eastern Europe, around the UK, and in Costa Rica (among other places).
Now, I am back home safe and sound.

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a pacific pit stop

My second layover from Costa Rica to Australia was in Fiji for 4 hours. I had never been to a Pacific island nation before so I decided...

teachers, taxidermists, musicians

NORA Interestingly, my two favourite Year 9 teachers from Australia are currently raising their family in a typical Swedish falu red barn...

healing my inner (Swedish) child

I grew up in in Uppsala, Sweden from 2008 to 2011. These past couple of weeks were very special for me as it was my first time revisiting...

rollerblading & cycling

Berlin, GERMANY I met up with German girl I'd met while volunteering in Greece for a few nights at a hostel. We went to a random...

Central Europe

This trip has been information overload for me, and yet each country has so much to offer in the way of history. Here is the other part...

a polish history lesson

My experiences in Poland included hopping between Shot Bars, tasting the walls of salt mines, and walking through the barracks of...

The Balkans

I've been on a mini Eastern Europe trip from Albania to Poland. In this post, I'll expand on my time in the Balkan countries (minus...

Land of the Eagles

What a fascinating country! I knew nothing of Albania prior to arriving here and yet, it's one of the most underrated countries I've...

Weekend Trips around Thessaloniki

Following on from my previous post, here's what we, as the IHA team, have been up to on our weekends (featuring a pre-adventure lemon...

People On the Move: stopped in Greece

as of May 2022, there are 100 million displaced people in the world 72% are hosted in neighbouring countries and 40% are children I’ve...

tiny house

For those of you who don't know me, I have a slight obsession with Tiny Houses. Essentially, it's a lifestyle choice where you live...

Where have I been?

I'm back! Back to the blog and back in Lisbon. I have just finished walking El Camino de Santiago and have returned to the beautiful city...

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Catherine Hill

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