LA GUIRI
(the tales of an Australian overseas)

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.

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...

El Camino (de Santiago)
El Camino de Santiago is a network of pilgrimages leading to Santiago de Compostela in Spain which is where the apostle St James is...

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...

Day 149 (guassap & goodbye)
Yesterday was my last day at school. These past few weeks have been mostly preparation for the exams so I have been spending more time...

Day 147 (ferries & freeways)
Just returned from another lovely weekend with the same friends from the Vejer trip. We rented a car from the Málaga train station and...

Day 139 (Gibraltar)
What an interesting place! For those of you who don't know, Gibraltar is an Overseas British Territory on the coast of southern Spain. It...

Day 133 (Patio Festival, Córdoba)
Spring in Córdoba is full of festivities! Córdoba, a town of 300,000 people, receives a million visitors during this period. The month of...

Day 128 (colourful chicken)
I believe it's time I do a food update. A friend of mine invited me to her farmhouse with her family to learn how to make paella. It was...

Day 126 (Milano)
Just came back from a weekend in Italy - yes, that's right, officially adding 'weekend international traveller' to my CV. I went with my...

Day 120 - Part Two - (FerÃa de abril, Seville)
Founded in 1846, the FerÃa de abril (April Fair) was originally set up as a livestock show, however, it transformed the following year...

Day 120 - Part One - (Cruces de mayo, Córdoba)
Just got back from the puente (literally 'bridge', but is the nickname for a long weekend)! My Aussie friend, now based in France, had...

Day 115 (robbery)
What to do when you get robbed Dad left Spain nearly two weeks ago, and for the most part, we had an awesome time. However, on day one,...
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