The Trouble With Nottingham… With a new Robin Hood film about to be released, Nottingham is again inching into the limelight. I say inching because like a shy 5 year old in their first school play, it’s a bit unsure of itself in the eyes of a larger, scrutinizing audience : for years, the locals…
Category: city
Top 5 Coolest Areas Worth Exploring In London
London is full of personality and tourists come in their droves every year to absorb a bit of it. This is the capital city of a nation that has been great for centuries and top attractions like Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London and Covent Garden all contribute a little to the historical picture of…
Chicago With Kids – 2 Days Of Fun!
Chicago With The Kids City trips with kids are exhausting : Who did I think I was kidding booking 4 nights in Chicago at the end of our visit to see friends in the States!? All they were really interested in was scouring Target for American candy and bagging a deal in the Levi’s outlet…
Chicago Architecture Unwrapped For First Timers
Chicago Architecture Unwrapped In Fun Facts And Crazy Details It’s a world-famous skyline filled with iconic buildings – Chicago’s architecture certainly makes your jaw drop and your neck ache! But its innovative too and the more you start digging about the more you can’t help but be impressed by cutting edge design and impressive first…
Exploring Spitalfields And Brick Lane, London
London is not a city, rather a collection of little towns and villages patchworked together like a Gustav Klimt. Nowhere else will you encounter in one space a collection of people from so many walks of life both culturally and socially. Well, nowhere except London. Pimlico, Chelsea and Knightsbridge you associate with wealth and class….
Premier Inn Hub – Budget Hotel Review
The Hub, by Premier Inn – Hotel Review I knew it was a budget hotel room and I knew it would be small, that I had been told, but the name Hub? I started singing the nursery rhyme Old Mother Hubbard, except this time, instead of going to the cupboard, she was sleeping in one!…
Travel Highlights of 2017
Travel Highlights of 2017 A lot of effort goes into travelling. More often than not I see something on Instagram or read a blog post and a seed is sown for an idea of a little holiday and the laptop comes out. Or, equally as frequent, Mr MLLH gets an email for some cheap flights…
Bilbao With Kids – 2 Days Of Fun!
Bilbao was never going to be great. My sister had visited a few weeks before us and when someone describes a place as nice you know they’re just gently letting you down for a disappointing trip. Still, we had to keep our hotel reservations as our ferry left from there in two days time. However, if…
Palma, Mallorca – A Unique City Guide : Hidden Gems And Best Bits
A Unique City Guide Of Palma – Mallorca The first thing you notice when you arrive in Palma is La Seu, the city’s gigantic cathedral. It’s boxy contours and generous proportions have me thinking of Noah’s ark, just waiting by the edge of the ocean for a tsunami style flood, hoping to float away. But…
Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen!
Copenhagen – Wasn’t Expecting Much! Boarding the plane to Copenhagen I had little more aspirations than to maybe sample a few Danish Pastries and perhaps try the local delicacy of Smorresbord (also known as the open sandwich). But apart from that my expectations were low. I was expecting this little weekend break away to be…
