Skopje is a quaint and unusual city that is well worth either being added to your Balkans trip or as an individual trip. I have pulled together a list of things to do in Skopje as well as providing a complete guide of how to get to Skopje, where to stay and local cuisine you […]

National Insurance is simply a type of tax which employers, employees, and those who are self-employed pay money into the Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC). It is used to fund state benefits, such as the State Pension and Maternity Allowance. For those coming from Australia think of a National Insurance Number like a Tax […]

You’ve decided that you are moving! What an exciting adventure you have ahead but there are a couple of things to organise before moving to the UK to make it happen! The months before you leave you’ll have a huge number of things to do and organise. The sooner that you can get these things […]

Thought about moving to London? You have probably seen all the articles about how expensive London is as a city to live in.  I tested some of the calculators that are available online to see how good they are at estimating the cost of living in my home city London. Unfortunately, I found the cost […]

When planning our bus trip from Sofia to Skopje there was more information available about the bus routes than some of the other Balkan destinations. We knew that we couldn’t book in advance and what bus we were aiming for which was the 15:00 to Skopje arriving at 19:25. Just to reassure ourselves of what […]

Kotor was one of the 9 destinations we were travelling to on our Balkans trip. I didn’t do much research on how to get a bus from Tirana to Kotor. As it was a common theme for there to be limited information about buses for most of the Balkan destinations we decided it was easier […]

When planning our bus trip from Skopje to Tirana it became evident how little information was available. After hours of searching on Google, I found a bus on Balkanviator which is a website that frequently pops with bus information. Balkanviator displayed a bus that suited the times for our trip which was leaving Skopje at […]

Every basic process for setting up your life in the UK will need a secure UK address for official documentation to be sent to for example bank account information and attaining a National Insurance Number (NINO). Neither the banks or HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) will send out official documentation to an unsecure address […]

It is natural to want to arrange everything you will need in the UK before you move over including a UK bank account and a National Insurance Number (NINO). But to get a UK bank account or NINO in the UK you are expected to be living in the UK with a residential address. It […]

Vietnam is known for its bustling and energetic cities, delicious food – think pho and banh mi, breath-taking natural landscapes and beaches. A backpacking paradise and slowly becoming a tourist hotspot. Here is my guide covering what you need to know before going to Vietnam. Visas and entering Vietnam Nationality, the length of stay and […]