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TRIGGERT

Dear internet

You’re actually doing to much.

Signed a millennial who thought it was all fun and games at one point x

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Benign thoughts

Benign Thoughts This is something that sits dormant and trolls around in your mind silently threatening your peace. It’s like hi hello I’m here but I’m not really here , but I’m very much around and soon, yes very soon you will notice me! Triggered by and emotion , an experience sometimes even a picture it sits laying in wait to pounce. My benign thought wraps it’s existence in the very ugly parts…

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For the Hump Days

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Around the World in Many Years - Tenerife

Around the World in Many Years – Tenerife

Yes

Your professional Gulliver travels is back! With another travel story !

……Ah Maro where to againn….

This time it was to a place riddled with black lava beaches, boasting the highest mountain in Spain, Star gazing, quad biking, water parks, a whole lotta food, friends, a couple L’s and Sangria …..

This trip came up because I just needed a break, your girl was tired! 2019 had just begun and a…

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Let Me Live

Will you let me live.

   Every have a mate who wants you stay a failure(may not say it explicitly) but always drops sly remarks about things you may have don’t in the past.

 Bruh. Like cut me a break

 Its not even that deep

Question why do we cling onto things that may have hurt us.

 Not even that ! why can’t we appreciate the evolution of our friendships and friends also.

 Now I won’t say I am…

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For the Hump day’s The gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands. – Sir Richard Burton…

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For Hump Day's: I SAID WHAT I SAID!

For Hump Day’s: I SAID WHAT I SAID!

I mulled over writing this for a moment but I’m actually over it all, I realized I have to say this today.

Its been a couple weeks since this the world blew up because of another death of an unarmed black man at the hands of the police, revealing systemic racism around the globe and the every increasing hurdles black people have to jump over to exist. Funnily enough, I have been waiting so…

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Where it all began - Travel Stories

Where it all began – Travel Stories

Story Story time…

The first time I traveled I was about 8 – it was a family trip to Ghana, my parents had just had their last born and they wanted to show us our heritage, meet family we had only spoken on the phone and to see where they grew up, etc. I remember this trip clearly it was the first time I had been on a plane, my parents had very humble beginnings and as first-generation migrants…

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For the Humpdays - Travel Quotes to keep us through the week Travel makes one modest. You see it what a tiny place you occupy in the world. - Gustav Flaubert

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Seems like every day is a Hump day

Seems like every day is a Hump day these days...

I am finding myself more and more speechless with the atrocities that continue to inhibit my fellow black people! I never used to think about my skin colour when I travelled or even at all. If I wanted to do something/ go somewhere I did it anyways, and with tenacity, even if the odds were against me because that’s how I was raised. My Ghanaian parents always said to me ‘you can do whatever you…

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For the Hump day’s The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain

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For the Humpday’s Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. Jennifer Lee

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Sunsets in Oia

This time last year I was out in Santorini with my girls!!

Did someone say FLEWED OUT??

YES.

ALL 4  of us were being flewed out and after 2 months of secret planning!! IT HAPPENED.

I arrived at Heathrow airport thinking I was heading for a baecation not knowing I was heading for a bestfriendcation.  At 5am in the morning I was greated by 3 of my babes screaming ‘SURPRISE’ at a relatively full…

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Solo Travel VS Group travel

Solo Travel VS Group travel 1 Destination, 2 experiences.

I’ve now experienced travel in many ways , with family , friends, solo, as a student and as an intern. Of course. Every experience will be different and one crazy thing I enjoy doing is revisiting places I have been and switching up the company to see if the enjoyment was truly in the company or the location.

One place I did this with was in Switzerland.

I solo travelled there 2018 in the month…

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So the flavour of the month(year and forever because I just love this place) is still Switzerland and in continuation from last weeks post here are:

10 things I wish I knew before I moved to Switzerland

You do not have to carry the whole of the UK in your suitcase

Moving to a new country, you would want to prepare to make your transition as smooth as possible in real african nature  my mum had it in her mind that it is smartest thing to get me to clear out the shelves in Argos, Lidl, Ikea and Tesco- basically everywhere that would take our money! – Guys I went to this country with 4 suitcases a blender, a sandwich maker( I DIDNT EVEN LIKE SANDWICHES LIKE THAT TO CARRY ONE) cutlery, vaccum packed pillows and plenty packs of Maggie cube, the list extends,  but it was too much.Now, I’m not knocking being prepared for a big move and sometimes it is much cheaper to bulk buy, but I learnt the hard way…. you need to be reasonable with the lists you make. I made a list based of what I would need for university but in reality I  realised when my tenure ended(the hard way) that I packed wayyyyy too much. This included some things  I never used(not proud to say it) – coming home was misson impossible, getting on 2 trains with a journey of a duration of 2h30 from Lucerne to Zurich, navigating the airport before catching a flight to the UK with +4 suitcases BY MYSELF.Lesson:  You do not need to carry a sandwich maker unless you really like sandwiches otherwise then do you. okay well the main lesson is be kind to yourself and let the things you don’t need go.

Take ALL your seasonings with you

If you like flavour – just to do it, thank me later because the seasoning game in switzerland is WEAK, sorry not sorry. As someone who loves food and cooking I remember struggling to find common jerk seasoning – alternatively amazon is the plug for all your tropical sun seasonings – have no fear amazon is here. I did hear from my aunt that if you’re in Zurich you will be able to get supermalt, african seasonings and food items in and around Stauffacherstrasse, tram stop Helvetiaplatz, been there once or twice and there’s a nice little community of africans there.Lesson:  Jollof without Maggie/stock cube is not Jollof.

Time is your friend

I think that goes for everything – take time and settle into your environment because its not going anywhere, in my previous post  I mentioned I took quite a while to settle into my environment (which is normal) but rushing the process or feeling bad for not adjusting is not going to help anything if anything it really kills the vibe.Lesson:  Take time, Enjoy the View and settle in.

Almost everything closes on a Sunday – Don’t eat all your snack on Saturday

Self explanatory really, do all your shopping in the week and leave sunday for Church and chilling less commercialism enhancing the quality of life.Lesson:  Get Organised! Leave that packet of popcorn for tomorrow, you will not die. HA BA!

Make friends

NO ONE IS SAYING GO AND CARRY THE WHOLE NEIGBOURHOOD ON YOUR HEAD. BUT no interaction is done with only one person (As in yo, yourself and you). I’m an introvert so I can easily get aorund by being locked in a cocoon and coming out when I feel like it which is usually NEVER! Nothing good comes from being in a foreign land alone.Proverbs 13:20 : Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.Lesson: It easier to get around if you know people who can direct you accuratey and with love. No man is an Island and sometimes you can be your own companion of fools.

Home is where YOU make it

Get comfortable – HI HELLO WAKE UP, this is where you are at now! looking back at what WAS home will rob you from what is NOW home, focusing too much on where you want to be will steal todays joy. Buy that lamp you wanted! Create that chill corner! Do what you got to do. The worst thing for me was being somewhere I called home that didn’t feel like…home because I chose to blame my environment for not being like what I knew.Lesson: Get settled girl, take responsibility for your HOME – rest your roots and ease them out when it is time to bounce.

Stienhofstrasse outside my window

Stienhofstrasse accomodation

Stienhofstrasse

Should have been #1 – Your faith will keep you

Its easy to be very anixous when you are away from home and I can’t lie I did and still do sometimes fall into the trap. If you’re like me you’d think youself into oblivion and if you do not CHECK. YOUR. SELF. You’ll just spin into a web of fears. Take it easy! Foh Ril! this is a good time to get grounded and cling on to God replace those thought’s with His wisdom and knowledge all packed into His divine word.

What if i get lost on my walk? What if someone kidnaps me? What if i run out of money? What if i get ill? Who will care for me? What if i don’t make friends?

Lesson: Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Stay humbled and find peace, John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.                             

This is your passport in (to Germany, France, Italy, Liechtenstein)

Switzerland is beautiful nestled between other picturesque countries. Unlike the UK it is more feasible to access these places without having to do too much. Infact some countries do not even require getting on a plane to get there.

ZURICH TO MUNICH: 370 KM ; 3h30 on cars; 3h45 by Flixbus; 4hrs by train; 50 mins -1hr by flight

ZURICH to LYON: 419 KM; 4h51 by car; 5h by train; 1hr-1h30 by flight

ZURICH TO COMO: 235 KM; 2h51 by car; 3h by train; 55min flight to Milan and 40 min train journey

ZURICH TO VADUZ: 109 KM ;1h5-1h30 by care; 2h40 train; no flights …Lesson : This leads me to the next point.

Day trips for the win

Need a say more? I used to get so bored staring out my window wishing I could do more with my time. Its not until I took my first trip to Bellinzona that I realised that THIS DAY TRIP THING IS A SHOUT! All it requires is a little planning so you don’t miss your bus or train back home and this can be done pretty easily – when I had last visited Switzerland I took a day trip which took me through the North of Switzerland up until Stein Am Rhein( boardering Germany) and back to Zurich – We had multiple stops and our tour guide provided us with many a dead joke, jkjk, she brought the vibes and told us many a story paired with a couple history lessons –  I booked the day trip on the day  (early morning of course) at the ticket office in Carparkplatz Sihlquai 2 minuets from Zurich Central Station.

Lesson: Can’t put a price on the experience

No experience is too expensive

Especially if it will infrom your understanding of the world today.

So there you have it 10 things I wish I knew before I moved to Switzerland.

      10 things I wish I knew – Switzerland So the flavour of the month(year and forever because I just love this place) is still Switzerland and in continuation from last weeks post here are:

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Around the World in Many Years - Cruise Life

Around the World in Many Years – Cruise Life

Largest Cruise ship in the World

Welp. Earlier this year I went on a cruise And I have to say it was super challenging. Life was a bit ‘leave it out’. But I decided to go anyways and it was honestly one of the best experiences of mi little life I’ll break down the destinations.

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 Great Hotels in Miami Beach

I began In Miami *cue will smith welcome to miami’

Staying at the Grand Beach…

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What is Studying abroad like?

HAPPY HUMP DAY – SO THIS POST IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT!

Driven from nostalgia – looking through photos whilst in lock-down, I realised I’ve never really described my experience living in Switzerland as a 19/20 year old, African born in the Uk (mouthful) – so here we go… here’s the story!

ERASMUS+

I got the opportunity after spending a summer in Geneva on study program with my university ( which is…