There are a lot of weird hangover cures around the world – from sour pickle juice (Poland) to sheep eyeball juice (Mongolia) and steam bathing in Russia. I can handle the steam, but not the eyeballs or the sour pickles… If you fancy a giggle, here’s a guide I wrote for Off Track Planet with…
Is there a better feeling than surprising a friend? Kate and I have been best friends since we met on the first day of Uni. We bonded over the fact that we were on the same course, our surnames are remarkably similar (Drew and Drewnicki) and we both had the same family pets – a black…
I love to explore quirky and unorthodox places, so I was very excited when I first stumbled across Treadwell’s; a quaint independent bookshop tucked away on 33 Store Street in Bloomsbury, London. It’s a treasure trove of magic and mysticism; with shelves packed full of fascinating texts on folk art, mythology, culture, poetry, plays, Paganism,…
You may have noticed that my ‘Alicia Explores’ logo has a lotus flower above it. Deciding on an icon to go with your brand isn’t an easy task. At first I thought a globe, a map or a plane seemed to fit well with the travel and exploring side – but what about everything else?…
No matter where you are in the world, you’ll always find weird superstitions that people will be terrified to break. I’ve always found them extremely fascinating, especially the more bizarre ones, where people live by them but haven’t got a clue about their origins. If you thought breaking mirrors or avoiding black cats were strange things…