I recently came back from a few days of travelling France with a friend, discovering some areas outside Paris. This is what we got up to! Day 1: Paris --> Lyon We both got up early in order to catch the (cheap) morning OuiGo train from the Marne-La-Vallée (Disneyland) gare (train station). Once we both arrived there, we bought some breakfast from the Relay shop in the station, and joined the queue for the train! For the OuiGo trains, they check your tickets before you get to

The rhythm of your words, produced by the percussion of your lips, keeps time with the beat of your heart. I can only dream of creating such crafted, complex music; no mastery of mechanisms - maladroite. I listen to your discourse, mesmerised, discovering new worlds given breath by your tongue, and understanding life a little more. Your music now has meaning, where once I heard only mystical chanting, relegated to ancient folklore. #poetry #travel #languages #love #

In no particular order, this is my list! I bought these products in New Zealand or France; some are available partout, others may be harder to obtain internationally. 1) skinfood new zealand - nourishing moisturiser. I have used skinfood moisturisers since I was a teenager. I only used the light moisturiser while living in New Zealand, but with the harsh, polluted Parisian air I had to step up my game. The nourishing moisturiser instantly sorted out my skin, and it is not hea

Day 1: I arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, flying Paris to Istanbul and then Istanbul to Nairobi, all via Turkish Airlines. I filled out the visa application at the immigration area. I paid 40€ for it, later finding out that the scam visa that I already had from http://www.kenya-evisa-online.com probably would have worked to let me in the country, but I had decided to not risk illegal entry. I wasn't very excited about the prospect of being detained in the middl

I glimpse heaven as I gaze at the painted pocket, a canopy between sky and treasure. A perfect circle encloses a multicoloured masterpiece, a morsel of the artist's dreamscape. Your light shines through and touches the gilding around this hollow space, igniting the window frames, illuminating the angles, bathing carved marble. I touch your hand, mirroring the angels above us, as divine whispers fill the silence. #poetry #dome #art #architecture #travel #Europe #love