Virginia Stuart-Taylor
Being a linguist, I can’t deny my passion for travel. I studied Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at university and have taken every possible opportunity to travel: I took a Gap Year over 5 different continents, I au paired in summer holidays, I did a Third Year Abroad as part of my degree and travel has always been high on my criteria in any life choice I’ve made.
Studying abroad, working abroad (normally for pittance or volunteering for free), travelling abroad or simply “living” abroad for the hell of it – I’ve always found a way of making it happen. Inside me there’s a wannabe expat and traveller that wants to escape the familiarity of the United Kingdom and explore the huge old world out there.
Now that I’ve graduated from university & started my career in London, I travel vicariously by blogging about past, present & future travels, with a particular focus on opportunities for people looking to move & live abroad for a decent amount of time. My blog stops me from being swallowed up into the bubble that is London & gives me a fabulous window into the outside world beyond the bubble.
You can work pretty much where you want to – on the road, do you find it hard to work or do you just have fun and work when you come back home?
Do you feel many people are envious of your lifestyle?
Having said that however, I definitely envy a lot of the other travel bloggers and journalists out there so I'm not one to talk!
In which countries have people recognised you, even when you thought nobody would?
Which three items would you never travel without?
2: A diary/scrapbook with plenty of pens, glue, sellotape, scissors, etc.
3: A little momento from home (just in case)
Are there any specific souvenirs or other things you collect from the places you go to?
For a few years I also collected jewellery, as I find that each culture has a very distinct way of adorning their bodies and exhibiting their cultural identity through jewellery.