There is saying which my Mum likes to use often, 'I want never gets'. She says it to me and my siblings when we forget to say please or when we ask for something in a way that is not very polite.

Everybody knows what homesickness is I'm sure and I'm sure many of you, if not most of you will have felt some sort of homesickness once in your life.

I was told continuously at the start of my year abroad to say yes. Say yes to everything said my mum, dad, siblings, teachers, colleagues and friends.

I have just returned to work after two weeks spent in Spain where I visited Barcelona with a colleague and Oviedo with a friend and this weekend I will be visiting Stockholm in Sweden.

At home as soon as snow is forecast I'm always worried and dreading waking up to even a few centimetres of snow.

Listening to the radio is something which I really like to do.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective who, since his creation in 1887 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has appeared in many books, films, TV series and also games.

Winter and Christmas are now fully on their way. It is getting colder, darker and wetter outside, so I decided that to try and keep fit whilst I am living here in Germany I would join a gym.

Here in Germany, using the train is something which I do on a daily basis.