It was one of the most surreal and emotional parts of my journey around Europe. But it had to be done. In the UK, most children visit Auschwitz as part of a school trip when learning about the Holocaust in History lessons. I missed out when I was in school, and missed out again as a teacher because of the pandemic. I’m a firm believer that everyone should experience this once in their life, it…
Travelling alone can be a liberating and empowering experience, but it can also be daunting, particularly when you find yourself in a foreign country where the language spoken is not one you understand. As a solo female traveller, the language barrier can present unique challenges, but there are ways to overcome it and make the most of your travels. One of the biggest challenges of travelling…
Check out my new blog post - 24 hours in Brussels, Belgium!
Exploring the best of Brussels, Belgium in just 24 hours. A diary of my journey on the Eurostar, visit to the iconic Atomium and Grand Place, enjoying live music at a local bar, and seeing the famous Manneken Pis statue. Get inspired and plan your own adventure in this vibrant city. The first stop on my European adventure was Belgium. The capital, Brussels, is accessible by Eurostar from London…
I am SO READY for 2023! This is going to be one heck of a year for Emily on’t Mooch, so I thought I’d share some of the excitement here on my (much neglected!) blog. I’ll get to the exciting trips I have planned shortly, but first I wanted to tell you a bit about my goals for Emily on’t Mooch this year. My word for 2023 is ‘growth’. I’ve been learning and developing my content strategy for…
5 Things I Bought to Help Keep me Safe as a Solo Female Traveller
I’m currently planning a big trip next year, which will involve spending a month travelling around Europe on my own. I’ll be staying in different types of accommodation, and I’ll be spending a lot of time travelling by train. I’m really excited to head out on this adventure, so I’ve been buying the things I need to make this trip as safe and comfortable as possible. I have a few posts to share…
Crazy Idea: Camping in my Corsa!
If you follow travel accounts on Instagram, or watch travel videos on YouTube, the odds are you’ve come across #VanLife. It seems to be the “in thing” to do at the moment, and the pandemic has only helped that popularity. The idea of packing up, jumping in a van, and heading out on a road trip really appeals to me. Yes, I’ll admit it, I am one of those people in love with the idea of #VanLife! I…
Plate 8 – South Korea 🇰🇷
When South Korea was drawn out, there really was only one dish that I could make – Bibimbap! I spent some time learning about the components of a traditional Korean Bibimbap, and settled on a recipe from My Korean Kitchen, which you can find here. My Bibimbap The recipe yields far more than expected, so this turned out to be a really filling meal. It was nice to eat something that felt so…
Plate 7 – Australia 🇦🇺
Plate number 7 took me on a trip “Down Under” to Australia, and what else could I do other than have a barbecue!? Yes, that is right, on a wet and cold February evening in England, I went outside and had a barbecue! I researched how to throw a proper Aussie barbecue, and found an article called ‘The 11 Golden Rules of Throwing a True Aussie BBQ’, which you can read here. It gave me lots of tips…
Plate 6 – China 🇨🇳
Plate number 6 for my Around the World in 50 Plates project was China, and I knew immediately that I wanted to do something different. It would’ve been easy to choose recipes that I was familiar with, but I wanted to select something I had never tried before, traditional to China. After some research on traditional Chinese dishes, I settled on hot pot. My first port of call was to learn about…
Plate 5 - Cuba 🇨🇺 #AroundTheWorldIn50Plates
Plate number 5 was a trip to Cuba – how exciting! I learned a lot about Cuba and the food they eat there during my research, which was really interesting. I decided to make a recipe called Tamal en Cazuela, which is a Cuban Polenta. The recipe is from The Splendid Table, and can be found here. This dish is really simple to make, and the recipe is easy to follow. I made a couple of…
Plate 4 – Philippines 🇵🇭
I was lucky once again in that I pulled out two contrasting locations for this week! After the southern comfort food of Georgia, USA (you can read the blog post here), I “travelled” to the Philippines. This is a location that had never really been on my travel bucket list, but after researching for this project, I can definitely say that it is firmly there now! When researching traditional…
Plate 3 – Georgia, USA 🇺🇸
My Biscuits and Gravy plate Not to be confused with the country Georgia (also in the tin!), location number three was the state of Georgia, USA. I decided to split the USA up into multiple locations to try and get a variety of American dishes into the project. This is a plate I have been very excited about. I absolutely LOVE the idea of southern comfort food, and there has been one dish I have…
Plate 2 - Tunisia 🇹🇳
Our Tunisian table Location number two was Tunisia – giving us a huge contrast to Plate 1! I’m really glad that they were very different plates, and I hope that is a theme that continues throughout this project. If you haven’t seen the blog post about Plate 1 – Russia, you can find it here. I honestly didn’t know what I expected to find when I began researching Tunisian food, but I found some…
Plate 1 – Russia
This week saw the start of my Around the World in 50 Plates project. For those of you who missed the last blog post (you can read it here), each week I will be cooking foods from two different locations around the world. I thought it would be a fun way to keep travel in my everyday lockdown life! The first location was Russia. When researching Russian foods that I could make at home, I came…
Around the World in 50 Plates
I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about ways to incorporate travel into my everyday life, and to continue to create content for Emily on’t Mooch during the pandemic. I must say, starting to build a travel profile during a lockdown is HARD! I started posting a lot of travel throwback photos, and I edited all of my 2020 travel vlogs – but what now? I started a new theme in my Instagram…
A Love Letter to London
London, oh London. How our relationship has changed over the past few years! I’ve gone through so many emotions, I thought it best to make sense of them by writing you a letter. This will be a love letter, of sorts, but also, in strange way, it will be our breakup letter too. I fell in love with you in 2001, during my first trip to London. I loved everything about you – you were so big, busy,…
In May 2019, I decided to get way ahead of the game with my Christmas shopping, and arrange my Mum’s present. She had been mentioning that she would really like to go to Dublin for a while, and so I decided that I would book us a short trip for February half term. I don’t know how, but I managed to keep the trip a complete secret until Christmas Day! Fast forward to February 2020, and we’re on a…
