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Top 10 Travel Experiences of the Last Decade | 2010s in Review

In today's post I look back at some of my favourite travel…

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Scotland/ Travels

Top 10 Travel Moments in Scotland

I'm back with a Scotland-appreciation blog about my favourite travel moments since…

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Expat Life/ Money Diary

Money diary: Average budget for living in St Andrews

Over the summer I was obsessed with the Money Diaries from Refinery29…

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Wedding

How planning a multicultural wedding brought me closer to my roots

As you may know I was born in a multicultural family –…

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In Life

A Canadian’s Guide to Surviving Winter

February 5, 2015 By Caminioca

I know I know – you might think ‘hey winter is totally ending soon’. And I know that even up here in Scotland it feels like it might be on…

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In Travels

La Dolce Vita on the South African Seaside

February 3, 2015 By Caminioca

Last Tuesday I shared with you my day at the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Overberg region. To get there however, I basically skipped a big portion of…

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In Expat Life

Fourth Month in Scotland by the Numbers

February 2, 2015 By Caminioca

Happy Monday! Can you believe it’s already February?? My gosh, time flies! Sunday officially marked the beginning of my fifth month of being back in the UK, can you…

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In Books & Writing

Two months of Books

January 30, 2015 By Caminioca

Books books books – oh my gosh, my love story with books has totally been reborn in 2014 and as you may know I have been participating in the…

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In Travels

A Day in the Overberg Wilderness

January 27, 2015 By Caminioca

Oh my gosh! Hi again! Sorry for this weird schedule this week – it’s been a bit of a wild weekend! I moved on Saturday – and I got so…

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In Books & Writing

4 Lessons Learned from my First NaNoWriMo

January 23, 2015 By Caminioca

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Most nerds like me (and perhaps you?), will have heard about this. It happens in November and makes for a hectic month of…

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