As a big fan of vintage clothes, I've put together some tips for finding good quality vintage clothes including help with sizes, materials and the things you need to check. Read more

Some photos from one of my favourite markets in Amsterdam, the flea market in Noordermarkt in the Jordaan area. Read more

A guide to vintage shopping in Rotterdam, something I highly recommend doing in this fine city which is full of hidden vintage gems, retro style and pre-loved treasures. Read more

It began with a piece of paper. On that piece of paper were addresses. Soon they became points on a treasure map..My treasure: vintage clothes..When I travelled to Ljubljana last month I was given a list of vintage clothes shops I might like to check out. So read more

I went to Edinburgh on a mission. One of the most enjoyable missions a woman has to accept many a time in her life. To buy a dress.Nomadic life doesn't lend itself to clothes shopping and it has sadly curtailed a passion of mine; vintage clothes. But I had read more

Had I known there was a second hands clothes store - a wonderful, fabulous charity shop, no less - around the corner from my hotel in Helsinki, I would have saved some room in my suitcase, or maybe in my snowboard bag. But this would have brought with it a read more

I had more photos of the fabulously big and unforgiving mess that the flea market at Waterlooplein in Amsterdam is and so here they are. See more photos and read more stories about my other favourite markets in Amsterdam here. .… read more

It was and is one of my small missions to highlight how Phuket is more than what people think. It's more than a tacky tourist take on "real" Thailand. It's more than Patong and ping pong shows. It's more than the high rise hotels that make me shudder a little. Read more

Remember when I lived in Amsterdam?Remember when I used to take such sweet pleasure in cycling around a city on two wobbly wheels and a seat that squeaked back at me?Remember when I got so used to having canals reflect the tall thin leaning houses back at me, read more

Can you hear the new post series klaxon ringing? And less than a week since I started Wednesday's Words. But I was too smitten with this idea to not pursue it. This Best Kept Secrets series will see me blogging about the things I didn't expect to find in certain read more

Can you hear the new post series klaxon ringing? And less than a week since I started Wednesday's Words. But I was too smitten with this idea to not pursue it. This Best Kept Secrets series will see me blogging about the things I didn't expect to find in certain read more