Somehow a different kind of post here, as I’ll talk about food and nutrition. That said, trying new food and adapting to the eating habits and local products is part and parcel of travelers’ and expats’ life. So here is a selection of my favourite local food I am/was eating on a regular basis in…
Category: Travel & expat life
Running abroad as a woman: some lessons learned
I know many blogs have been written already about running safely as a woman. Reason being that unfortunately, sexist and inappropriate remarks, annoying guys and sexual harassment do happen in every country. I also faced problematic behaviours and remarks when running in France: the catcalls in Paris’ streets, the bad jokes in Grenoble, and I…
Travel and expat life: my sports essentials packing list
If I had to summarise my life, and particularly my years as a student, it was a continuous succession of packing/moving/unpacking/packing/moving/unpacking… After moving here and there several times, sometimes just for three or four months, I ended up identifying and building a list of essential items for running and sports. I learned to streamline the…
How to find running routes in your new city?
Turin, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Madrid, Hanoï, Kampala, Casablanca… All those cities I moved to and those I visited in my host countries and around. And every time, these same questions: where can I go running around here? How to get to the nearest park? Where can I safely plan an interval training session? Where can…