1.) PLAN! PLAN!! PLAN!!!: Decide on where you want to go in advance, things you’d like to do, sights you’d like to see – pretty much everything possible! It takes the pressure off the actual holiday and you can actually spend the time enjoying the holiday rather than trying to put together a plan of … Continue Reading

It happens to the best of us! Monday morning arrives and all we can think about is heading on our next holiday. Honestly, planning your trip can be a daunting task in itself. After all, you need to plan all the things to do, places to see and the best islands to visit if you’re … Continue Reading

Whilst still on the topic of pools… Your afternoon dose of holiday lust is served right up! I can’t even handle how much I wanna check this out. It looks so amazing and like a lot of fun – especially if there’s a big group of you. Apparently the pool is spread over 20 acres … Continue Reading

After travelling through 7 countries in just over a month, it’s safe to say I’ve very quickly discovered quite a few items that I would like to aid (and abet) my travels. Can not explain how much I want these right now! (I plan on ticking these off my list with immediate effect – bugdet … Continue Reading

These locations are amongst the most confusingly counter-intuitive yet most beautiful holiday destinations out there! On the one hand you constantly hear horror stories on the news and indeed from other tourists about these destinations but on the other hand, you also find out how exciting, beautiful and vibrant these places are (as well as hearing … Continue Reading

As promised, here’s the second part of the Budapest post! It pretty much carries on from where we left off so grab yourself a cuppa and a bickie and let’s off on the remainder of our exploration of Budapest! Now where did we stop? Yup – that’s right, it was raining quite heavily and we trudged … Continue Reading

Sometimes saying NO is one of the hardest things to do and while it’s nice to be agreeable, amiable, helpful and so many other traits that come from being the “Yes-Woman/Man”, it’s sometimes really  is so good and liberating (not to mention helpful for your health and sanity) to just say no. Travelling, however big … Continue Reading

It is probably safe to say that our trip to Santorini was one that we had been looking forward to for quite a while! While I want to tell you amazing stories of how we went out exploring immediately we arrived and soaked up the culture and all that amazing stuff, alas, most of us … Continue Reading

Growing up, watercolours used to seem so amateurish to me. Probably because this was the first medium I tried to use to paint and as you probably already know, I am a terrible painter/artist. I can’t draw, I can’t really paint and even if you asked me to draw a dog now, I’m pretty sure … Continue Reading

Cornwall is a delightful gem (in the south-west of the UK) and one of the few places in the UK that boasts brilliant weather. The beaches are amazing, the people delightful and the clotted cream delicious. 12 Amazing Things To See In Cornwall, England

On a rather cold Sunday afternoon, I went off in search for a little something…  Well three things actually and I figured the best place to find them was Borough Market. To be honest, I was just looking for an excuse to head to Borough Market. It is one of my favourite places to wander … Continue Reading

Swiftly following the morning’s sailing/kayaking and lunch-time gluttony (if you missed that – check out part 1 of this post – which has been split to two parts due to having lots of photos), my friends and I (who must have put on quite a few pounds from lunch alone) headed off to the next … Continue Reading

Following on from our (not so) Olympic standard pool diving, our fatigue eventually caught up with us and we all ended up having naps in the sun…until the sun went down and the first of us started to stir. We quickly popped some clothes on and headed out for dinner and drinks. For some reason, … Continue Reading

When in San Antonio, I highly recommend going to watch the sunset over this beautifully laid-back Texas city… and the best place to see the sunset is the Tower of the Americas. The Tower is open from 10 am to 10 pm and costs $10.95 (with a $2 discount for children and seniors. Children under … Continue Reading