Welcome!

If you haven't guessed already my name is Alice Griffin and I am a freelance writer. Words have been my passion for as long as I can remember and I am one of those annoying people forever scribbling notes in a pad whilst silently observing everyone and everything that passes me by.

Life as a freelance writer began penning articles for local publications before landing the dream job of travelling the world writing for a tourist guide. This experience saw me end up in a number of crazy but exhilarating situations, such as driving the amazing ice-fields parkway in Alberta, Canada on the day they shut the road due to snowstorms, being deposited onto the most rudimentary of taxis ‘somewhere' in the middle of nowhere outside Chang Mai, Thailand and pouring sake for Taiko drummers in rural Japan.

When I returned from globetrotting I studied journalism in London and now write freelance articles for various publications in the areas of travel, women's interest and eco-living. However, my passion for living out of a backpack remains and along with my husband, young daughter and dog, I have been on a very-long-term road trip across Europe since May 2008. Tales about this journey will be shared within the pages of my first book, due to be published in December 2009, but you can also head to my Travel page where you will find published articles and interviews relating to this and other trips.

Aside from writing and travel, other passions are my family, books, films, music, taking risks, dancing in bare feet and hearing the pages drop with a delicate thud on my giant Bloomsbury dictionary!

I hope you enjoy your time here and please feel free to email me for more information and don’t forget to pop back for new articles, which I try to upload on a fairly regular basis!