Posts in category Curiosities

I have recently joined the world of Twitter and have set out to explore this new world of hash tags, tweets and followers. But like …

In the heart of the Great Karoo in South Africa lies the small town of Graaff-Reinet, which is insanely hot in summer and bitterly cold …

Cape Town seems to be stuck in one of those in-between moments, where it’s not quite summer anymore but not quite winter yet – and …

This is the second girl to have told me that her mom bought her dresses, but she really did not want to wear them. The …

Why is it that car designers keep making dumb aesthetic choices? By this I mean, do these people not drive cars, or do they take a train …

One of the most difficult things about making the transition from adolescence to adulthood is the realisation that in order to make the most of …

There’s something wonderfully relaxing about a round of Putt Putt. Hitting a colourful ball (green, blue, yellow, red, or whatever other colour it may be) …

Madrid is a city of more than 3,000,000 residents, and, as a big city, it has a lot of corners where one can get lost. …

Crème caramel was once one of my favourite desserts. Then, I went on a school trip to Costa Rica for our ‘Field Ecology’ section. Yes, …

After writing about my own fashion transition to how my dress-sense has developed, I wanted to look at some other people’s journey and share that. …