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Doing Lake Bled Like A Boss
A LAKE BLED TRAVEL GUIDE Do you think it’s possible that there could still exist a place on this planet that is so achingly beautiful but only the locals know about it? And where their secret life goes on as normal with no tourists to wreck the joint until instagram will inevitably discover it one…
Day 5 & 6 – Lake Bled
Day 5 & 6 as part of our Summer Roadtrip 2018 visiting the Italian Dolomites, Lake Bled and Istria. A travel diary, if you will… Lake Bled, Slovenia Lake Bled is definitely one of the prettiest lakes I’ve ever seen. It has a circumference of only 4 miles so even the most unfit tourist could manage…
Day 4 – Brixen & Braies with some Austria on the side
Day 4 as part of our Summer Roadtrip 2018 visiting the Italian Dolomites, Lake Bled and Istria. A travel diary, if you will… Brixen And Lake Braies With A Bit Of Austria I’m really going to miss this place; the smell of clean air, being fenced in by the most beautiful pieces of limestone, the urge…
Day 3 – Staying Local In The Val Di Fassa
Day 3 as part of our Summer Roadtrip 2018 visiting the Italian Dolomites, Lake Bled and Istria. A travel diary, if you will… Val Di Fassa Waking in cold sweats my subconscious had clocked before I had that this was to be our last full day in the most beautiful country on earth. Moving on…
Day 2 – Italian Dolomites & Bolzano
Day 2 as part of our Summer Roadtrip 2018 visiting the Italian Dolomites, Lake Bled and Istria. A travel diary, if you will… Pordoi Pass, Italian Dolomites Apart from the fact our waiter was far too happy for 7.30 in the morning and it was about all I could do to crack a bon giorno…
Day 1 – Italian Dolomites
5 hours driving and many epics views later I sit on my hotel bed with this amazing view. Feeling a tad too city-gal next to all the other holiday-makers who look like Regatta threw up over them, I think I misjudged this place. Apart from not buying my holiday wardrobe from Millets I also didn’t…
Has The Cotswolds Made Your Bucket List?!
Have The Cotswolds Made It On To Your Bucket List Yet? The Cotswolds is an area of Britain regularly visited by day trippers from London or foreign tourists in the UK wanting to experience a bit of Olde Worlde England. It’s what is known as an AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and if visitors…
Review : Lake Maggiore Zipline
I don’t want to lie to you – I was having secret panic attacks at the thought of Ziplining 2K across a huge forest at 80mph. They had to be secret as I wasn’t about to let my kids know how much of a wuss I was : I teach them to be brave on…
Chicago With Kids – A Two Day Itinerary
Things To Do With Kids In Chicago, Ilinois – A 2 Days Itinerary City trips with kids are exhausting. Who did I think I was kidding booking 2 days in Chicago with kids at the end of our visit to see friends in the States!? All they were really interested in was scouring Target for…
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 it’s 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-time building…
A Self-Guided Walking Tour Of Nottingham
A Tour Of Nottingham Nottingham is famous for many reasons, not least that it’s menfolk seem to like wearing tights – think Robin Hood and Dean off of Torvil and Dean. It’s also the home of Raleigh™, Boots The Chemist, Paul Smith, lace, the very first football club, cricket and the oldest inn in England….
A Road Trip Through North Norfolk’s Coastal Beauty Spots
A Coastal Drive In North Norfolk Norfolk is for old people. Posh old people to be more precise. All that Norfolk lavender on their doorstep – they can posy till their heart’s content and sleep so soundly for the last decade of their life! A land so flat and water-laden it makes the Dutch weep. And,…
The Premier Inn Hub, Brick Lane – Budget Hotel Review
The Hub, by Premier Inn On Brick Lane In Spitalfields. I knew it was a London 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…
Visit Horncastle – The Treasure Trove Of Lincolnshire
When, one Saturday morning, I suggested we visit Horncastle Lincolnshire, my proposal was met with resounding approval. Not wishing to paint my better half in such a puerile light but sometimes all it takes to convince him of anything is a casual reference to a schoolboy gag. “HORNcastle? Point me in the direction!”. But he…
The 10 Best Secret Rome Hidden Gems – Sshh!
SECRET ROME Rome was not built in a day and it would equally take more than a lifetime to really know the eternal city and all the hidden gems in Rome. It’s the kind of place that creates an inner struggle; the desire to get off the beaten path and discover it’s heartbeat but see…
Holiday Sickness Sucks! – Advice For Before, During And After.
A few years ago my brother needed medical attention on holiday in Greece because he’d had an allergic reaction to the feather pillows – after being prescribed medicine from a local pharmacist it took 3 grown adults to help him off the plane home, including one of us to just guide his legs. No alcohol…
Futuroscope Themepark Review – Vienne, France
When planning our recent road-trip to Frnace with the kids, there were some places I was having a hard time convincing the rest of the family about. I just cannot fathom why they’re not interested in photographing an abandoned church in Normandy!? However, when I started telling them about Futuroscope in Vienne I think I…
Why You Need To Visit Honfleur, France!
Honfleur France – Stick It On Your Bucket List! On our recent road trip from the UK to Portugal, we made our first overnight stop at Honfleur, Normandy. It was the first place we visited and it was the most lasting memory I had at the end of our 3-week epic journey! Inspired by another…
Have a Roald Dahl Day – Museum Review
EVERYONE HAS A ROALD DAHL STORY Back in the day, when giving croggies and playing kerbie had you exhausted by 8 o’clock, the ultimate wind-down session was a few chapters of the latest Roald Dahl book, in bed with a mam that collected accents for a hobby. The Twits had you thinking up tricks to…
