From my very first spelling test, I’ve always been an academic over-achiever. I think it was in part influenced by my social group and in part by my parents, but I have always tried very hard when it comes to academics. For my GCSE’s and A Levels, I got results that I was really proud … More Let’s Be Realistic
Hello everyone, I’ve been in quite the pickle about how to continue blogging because, unlike my blog URL suggests, I am no longer in New York. Having said that, I still have so many photos and travelling stories I want to share and write about and I feel like I’ve worked really hard on this … More One Sophie = One Blog
Sometimes when preparing to move to another country it is easy to get hung up on the little details. This is understandable because if the little details do go wrong then it can lead to further problems, or what most likely happens when things go wrong is it can make you panic and feel flustered. … More Flying Solo: Tips for Moving to Another Country
One of my favourite youtubers is Sprinkle Of Glitter (Louise Pentland) and I was recently watching her last few vlogs where she filmed her trip to New York City. Watching her walk through the same places that I walked through every weekend made me feel so homesick for a place that really felt like home to … More Homesick for New York
Hello everyone! I’ve taken a little break from social media for a few weeks and have just been enjoying being at home. We have a new addition to the Redgell family who has been taking up most of my time: Rufus! He is a cockerpoo – a mix between a cocker spaniel and a miniature … More Puppy Love
This semester I took a class at Marist College unlike any I have ever taken before and I absolutely adored it. It was called Digital Toolbox and it involved capturing and editing media using photo, video, audio, blogging, and game design. For my final project we had to show what we had learned throughout the … More My Favourite Class at Marist: Digital Toolbox
Last night I did something I’ve been putting off all week: I drove in England for the first time since coming back from New York. Whenever I go to uni, whether it is in the UK or the US, if I stay there for several months without visiting home I’m always a little bit wary … More I Survived!
Hello from sunny England! Yes, I am back in the UK and my time studying and travelling in the US has come to an end. I’ve been very busy in the last 6 weeks and my original plan was to blog from my phone on the road. However my phone is so old it can … More I Have Returned!
So I’m mainly posting this because of the cute squirrel photos I took. When my family came to visit we were staying on the upper west side of Manhattan. One morning, after getting a New York bagel for breakfast, we wandered through Central Park and it was really pretty all covered in snow. Thinking about … More Family Visit: Central Park (Squirrels, Snow & Rose Petals)
One of the things I was really worried about before I moved to America was how I would transfer my prescriptions abroad. I don’t talk about it very much but I have a long-term back condition that makes me reliant on medication in order to do the things I want to do each day. Being … More Tips for Taking Medication Abroad
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