With less than a month to the grand opening of the Ghibli Park on 1st November 2022, the crew have shared these official photos of Ghibli’s Grand Warehouse. The Grand Warehouse is one of the five areas of the park opening in November. Also opening are the Hill of Youth and Dondoko Forest areas. Mononoke…
If you’re looking to celebrate Samhain in style this year, then look no further than these Halloween Fright Nights and Scare Fests! Normally providing their thrills through roller coasters and too much cotton candy, these theme parks have gone all out to give you extra chills this October. I’ve put together a top 6 of…
The biggest challenge I face when packing carry-on luggage is getting all of my plus-size clothing to fit inside a 55 x 35 x 25 cm suitcase. All that extra material doesn’t help! So I have to go minimalist in order to bring everything I need for travelling, and I’m now an expert in packing…
I had an incredible and exhausting week at the Fringe this year, powering through 6-7 shows a day, fighting through crowds to flit from venue to venue, and trying to keep both my schedule and my head straight! We lucked out with a little Greek café just up the road from our accommodation that served…
The giant puppets of Royal de Luxe will be returning in 2022 to the streets of Villeurbanne. All about Royal de Luxe Royal de Luxe is a French mechanical marionette street theatre company, specialising in giant puppets, that was founded in 1979 in Aix-en-Provence by Jean-Luc Courcoult. Known all over the globe for its performances,…
Recently there’s been the exciting news that the luxurious Orient Express is getting ready to depart Paris again in 2024, a whole 141 years since it first took off for Istanbul back in 1883! But while we’re waiting to be able to board the iconic train, here’s the top 10 of the best scenic train…
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is back! After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, performers of all genres are descending upon the Scottish city in force for the 75th anniversary of the month-long festival, this year spanning from 5 August to 29 August 2022. Established in 1947, the festival was started by eight theatre troupes that…