Hi, I’m Tasha and this is the first post of my new and shiny blog. If you’ve read my ‘about’ page you’ll know I’m currently a student based in Leeds studying English Literature. I spend lots of time reading old books in old libraries and although I do love rambling these fictional worlds, my main passion is exploring this world. That’s what this blog is going to be about. I’m going to document my adventures in writing and pictures as I travel around. I won’t be completely restricted to writing about travel, however: I’m an opinionated person and I’m excited to use this space as a platform to talk to my dear attentive friend, the Internet, about my thoughts on all kinds of fabulous things.
(Me showing some love to the world)
You might be wondering- hey, how are you planning to run a travel blog while living in one place? Well, my vigilant reader, at the moment my plan is to write about all the places I’ve been in the past year or so, initially. Since last September I’ve been to Budapest, Paris, Amsterdam, Reykjavik and Puerto del Carmen in Lanzarote, not to mention all over London and the North of England. I’ll spend the next few months writing all about these places, where to go, where to avoid and telling stories of my experiences and any troubles that I’ve encountered.
This summer I’ll be spending a month in the Loire Valley in North France learning French and after that I’ve planned a month-long trip around Eastern Europe and the Balkans, travelling from Romania up to Slovenia in a U-shape. You’ll get the pleasure of hearing all about these beautiful places in detail and seeing my millions upon millions of pictures. (yaaay) I really can’t stop taking pictures when I get on a roll, just as a heads-up. I know photographs taken with my iPhone whilst running for a bus or on a moving train aren’t going to turn out great. I just- can’t- help it…
Next year from September I’ll be studying in Lyon -which is so exciting!- and as well as perfecting my language skills (hurrah, French) I’m going to take advantage of my location by exploring the Alps regions and surrounding countries.
By the time I finish my degree, I hope (fingers crossed) to have saved up some money to go travelling long-term with no end in sight. I’ll finally venture out of Europe and see Asia, the Americas, and anywhere else my wanderlust takes me.
Much love <3
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serenasinclair
April 25, 2016 at 11:58 pmSounds exciting! I look forward to your posts 🙂
worldinsidemypocket
April 26, 2016 at 7:57 pmthank you so much <3
marriedwithmaps
April 26, 2016 at 1:48 pmSounds lovely. I will be watching for your posts as well.
worldinsidemypocket
April 26, 2016 at 7:58 pmyay thank you so much xxx
TheAuburnExplorer
April 26, 2016 at 3:40 pmThanks for following my blog! I’m really excited to hear about your travels and watch your blog grow!!
worldinsidemypocket
April 26, 2016 at 8:00 pmNo problem, I’m excited to read more of your posts in future 🙂 xxx
michaelamanningtravel
April 26, 2016 at 9:27 pmCan’t wait to hear about your latest travels! Following!
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 6:27 pmThanks so much for the support <3
Adam
April 26, 2016 at 9:28 pmGood luck Tasha 🙂 And don’t worry about the quality of your photos with a phone – sometimes they might not turn excellent, but their content would speak for itself. Looking forward to your posts!
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 6:28 pmAh thanks Adam! Definitely good advice 🙂 xx
teatimewithhann
April 26, 2016 at 11:42 pmGreat to see a fellow travel blogger . I definitely understand the struggles of being a student yet wanting to explore this great world we live in ! Super excited to see more of what you and your blog has installed ! Thanks for subscribing to my blog and visiting my page ! – Teatimewithhann
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 6:30 pmThanks honey! Followed you on instagram xx
maureeninportugal
April 26, 2016 at 11:43 pmWoohoo! Your first post! Way to go!! Thanks so much for following my blog… and I’ll be looking forward to hearing more from you, as well! Happy travels, and if you should get down to Southern Portugal (or find us somewhere in between), do let us know!
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 6:30 pmYou’re welcome and thanks very much for the kind words! I would love to visit Southern Portugal, i’ll be sure to message you for tips if I do anytime soon xoxo
oystersandstuff
April 27, 2016 at 9:41 amHi, I’m from York and have lived for the last 25 years on the Bassin D Arcachon, in Southwest France. I think your blog will be super and fun to read.
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 6:31 pmThank you! <3
photobyjohnbo
April 27, 2016 at 11:33 amI am looking forward to following your travels!
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 6:31 pmThanks for the support <3
lukewedwards
April 27, 2016 at 6:47 pmAs a fellow Brit and keen traveler I love the sound of your blog. Living abroad is cool as well, I am currently living in Germany, I wait with baited breath for the next post 🙂
ginger joes journey
April 27, 2016 at 8:19 pmLook forward to your posts 🙂
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 9:10 pmThanks! xxx
lucyhb
April 27, 2016 at 8:25 pmThanks for the follow! I share your love for writing and wandering- looking forward to reading more x
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 9:11 pmYay snap! Thanks for the support, hope to visit the amazing places you’ve been some day <3
Dream Fly Discover
April 27, 2016 at 8:36 pmYou go girl!
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 9:10 pmAw thanks <3
kelonootz
April 27, 2016 at 11:11 pmHey there!
Photos taken with an iPhone can turn out great! 😛
Anyways, I like this blog (well, “so far, so good!”) 😀
Good luck 🙂
worldinsidemypocket
April 27, 2016 at 11:12 pmThanks so much! Hopefully you’ll continue to like it <3
zangarano
April 28, 2016 at 1:51 amBlog looks good, so far! I really look forward to hearing about your adventures, I love your voice already, so I’m sure we’re in for a real treat!
Nice to meet you, and feel free to browse around my site as well.
Zach
quiall
May 1, 2016 at 2:05 pmGood luck! Thanks for following my blog from Canada. I hope you enjoy your visits!
worldinsidemypocket
May 1, 2016 at 3:53 pmthanks! xxxx
janaline's world journey
May 1, 2016 at 3:00 pmLooking forward to reading all about your travels!
worldinsidemypocket
May 1, 2016 at 3:53 pmThank you so much! xx
dancer on the waves
May 1, 2016 at 5:36 pmI’ll be looking forward to hearing all about your French adventures. Bonne chance ! <3
worldinsidemypocket
May 1, 2016 at 5:52 pmThank you! Hope you enjoy reading them 🙂
Jessie Read
May 3, 2016 at 4:55 pmHey, can’t wait to see more posts on your blog, I just started mine (properly) too, and it seems we’re doing quite similar things! I spent a month in the Loire Valley least year and have my year abroad next year, hope you have a fab time with both 🙂 xx
worldinsidemypocket
May 3, 2016 at 7:06 pmThanks! You too, where you studying next year? Just seen your post about the au pair site, looks great I’ve already signed up! xx
Jessie Read
May 3, 2016 at 7:52 pmI’m doing a placement in Barcelona for the first semester then will be studying in Toulouse from January! It’s a fantastic site, so are you studying in the Loire then or au-pairing? xx
M. L. Kappa
May 3, 2016 at 7:45 pmBravo, Mademoiselle. Go for it! And, btw, thanks for the follow. X Marina
worldinsidemypocket
May 3, 2016 at 7:57 pmThank you very much! You’re very welcome 🙂
frenchiegoneexploring
May 4, 2016 at 11:45 pmHave fun writing, exploring and living in Lyon! Don’t forget to eat in our ‘bouchons’ where food usually tastes like the ones our grannies prepare 🙂
worldinsidemypocket
May 5, 2016 at 12:03 amThank you! I’m super excited to go- you have any fave places in Lyon to visit?
frenchiegoneexploring
May 5, 2016 at 12:10 amI like to walk up to Fourviere (great view over the city), run in Le parc de la tete d’Or or along the river, stroll through St Jean… So many places! I haven’t lived in Lyon in a long time but I love taking my friends to my hometown. Hopefully you’ll discover new places I’ll eagerly show to my friends 🙂 happy trails!
worldinsidemypocket
May 5, 2016 at 12:14 amIt seems like a really beautiful city, you’re very lucky! Thank you 🙂
essiparkkari
May 5, 2016 at 9:36 pmSounds like the perfect plan for a blog! I love it how you’ve planned it so carefully ??? Your travels sounds exciting, I’m sure you’ll have a blast! Thanks for the follow and I’ll be sure to read up on your adventures ?
worldinsidemypocket
May 5, 2016 at 9:39 pmThank you so much! You’re welcome, I love your writing 🙂 xx
essiparkkari
May 5, 2016 at 9:40 pmThank you, means a lot from a aspiring writer! ?
Gabbie
May 6, 2016 at 1:29 amYour gonna do great!
Katha
May 7, 2016 at 8:00 amThanks for clicking the follow-button 🙂 Do you understand german?
I’ll check in here to see what you’re up to as well! Welcome to blogging world 🙂
lexklein
May 9, 2016 at 2:41 amWelcome to the blogging world and best wishes for happy travels and happy writing! It’s addictive … I know first-hand! Thanks for checking out my blog; I look forward to reading yours as well.
Claire
May 9, 2016 at 6:23 pmI looked at Leeds and absolutely loved it – it’s the best of both worlds as a uni, such a nice campus but in the middle of a city with amazing nightlife, and all the courses have such good modules! (The only downside for me was that I can’t choose one particular subject to study!) year abroad is also something I desperately want to do so congrats for getting a place on yours in Lyon! ❤️ and I’m also spending a month in France this summer to learn more French so that’s cool 🙂 it sounds like you have some amazing things coming up so looking forward to following your posts! 🙂 xx
Laura4NYC
May 11, 2016 at 1:52 amYikes! quite a bit of traveling you have going on this summer. How I envy you! Congrats on your first post! Everyone starts somewhere… Quite a lovely story. Now all you need is a follow button on your page! 😉 Greetings from NYC.
worldinsidemypocket
May 11, 2016 at 8:31 amThank you! I don’t have a follow button on my page? :S xx
anandloki
May 18, 2016 at 5:11 amMore power to your travelling
Hope to do something similar soon
worldinsidemypocket
May 18, 2016 at 5:36 pmThanks 🙂 xx
tinyweepanda
May 19, 2016 at 6:47 pmLooking forward to hear about your adventure in La Vallée de la Loire! 😉 I lived there for 12 years and my family is still there, hope you’ll like it! Where about will you stay? xxx
worldinsidemypocket
May 19, 2016 at 6:52 pmSo excited to go! Le mans 🙂 Have you been? xx
tinyweepanda
May 19, 2016 at 6:58 pmI’ve only stopped there once to change trains^^ My family is in Nantes and it’s a wonderful city with loads to see and do, you should go if you have time! My parents went to all the Chateaux de la Loire but I’ve never been to any of them so will look forward to read about them if you go 🙂
worldinsidemypocket
May 19, 2016 at 7:03 pmYeah I’m going on a French course but we get weekends off so I’ll check out Nantes, where’s the best places there? We have a planned daytrip to some of the Chateaux de la Loire they look beautiful 🙂 xx
tinyweepanda
May 19, 2016 at 7:13 pmThey do! All the city centre of Nantes is beautiful^^ There’s the castle, you can go to Passage Pommeray which is like an “indoor street” and it’s soo beautiful! There’s also l’île de Versailles which is a tiny island in the centre with a japanese garden theme… And you can rent little boats there to sail on the river and see some of the countryside 🙂 The only problem is that there’s been riots recently in Nantes because of a new law so some idiots use protesting as an excuse to break everything and set stuff on fire! 🙁 I hope it will be fixed when you go! xxx
worldinsidemypocket
May 19, 2016 at 7:23 pmawww sounds lovely definitely gonna look into visiting! Oh no thats awful, the same happened in London a few years ago it was so bad 😮 xx
tinyweepanda
May 19, 2016 at 7:29 pmYeah I remember… It was a couple weeks before I moved there! I heard lots of stories about it in the hostel I used to live in, it seems to have been really bad as well 🙁
worldinsidemypocket
May 19, 2016 at 7:37 pmAh you’ve lived in London? That’s where I grew up! Yeah it was awful so much had to be closed down 😮
tinyweepanda
May 19, 2016 at 7:41 pmI lived there for almost 2 years 🙂 That’s where I met my boyfriend (in the hostel we were both living in! haha) and then we stayed with my parents for a year, Edinburgh for over a year and now we’re travelling 🙂 I really miss London! We’re going there in a few weeks actually and I can’t wait! I want some orange juice from that guy in Camden 😉
worldinsidemypocket
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nonsensefromjulia
May 22, 2016 at 4:40 amCan’t wait to read all your adventures! For the moment I *may* be living vicariously through them haha -recent grad student problems ?
anywherewithbrooke
May 26, 2016 at 3:07 amI’m amazed that this is only your first post! Look at how successful your blog is after only a little while! You are bringing such great inspiration to so many people. Any advice for me? I just started my blog recently too!
worldinsidemypocket
May 26, 2016 at 12:39 pmThanks so much! Just keep connecting with people as much as possible 🙂 Your blog looks great so far I’ve followed, looking forward to hearing about all your adventures xxx
anywherewithbrooke
May 26, 2016 at 3:14 pmThank you so much! You are so sweet and I’m so thankful that I can follow your blog 🙂
mybullettravel
June 13, 2016 at 4:41 pmSounds Exciting!!! Looking forward to Read Ur blogs
Have a Safe Travel
Lauren
August 19, 2016 at 11:15 pmLooking forward to reading this <3 I love travelling and hearing about people's adventures <3 Got yourself a fellow follower 🙂
worldinsidemypocket
August 20, 2016 at 3:14 pmWhy thank you Lauren!
tangledupinblondeness
September 11, 2016 at 9:29 amAmazing blog I’m also looking to study English and theatre at Leeds I look forward to hearing upon your experiences. X