I’ve taken myself down a very dangerous path. Husband and I are currently in the midst of planning a mini-trip for December. We’ve been looking at Florida mainy, as we need a bit of sunshine and have never had a beachy holiday together – a nice relaxing break after our last trip to NY which … More If things would not turn out the way we planned
Wednesday wasn’t cold and rainy, but it was grey and humid, so what could be better than spending the day wandering in and out of shops, and grabbing a bit of culture from some of the museums and galleries scattered around the place. I had two shops on my to do list – Hannah Zakari and … More Edinburgh – The Other Stuff
Quick set of Fitbit stats: on Monday, we did 7.6 miles; Tuesday – 16.8; Wednesday – 11.9. That was a lot of steps. Walking around Edinburgh city centre was not fun. The traffic was relentless, the pavements were thick with crowds of tourists – it was hot, smelly, and busy. Fortunately, we found three relatively … More Edinburgh – The Walking
We ate well in Edinburgh. Very well. We went out for a wander just after we checked in, and found ourself in Peter’s Yard, a Swedish bakery and coffee shop right by our hotel. We both had a delicious kanelbullar (cinnamon bun) and that’s what tempted us back on the morning we left Edinburgh as … More Edinburgh – The Food
In a repeat of last year’s pre-summer holiday, we’ve just got back from a few days in Edinburgh. Feeling a bit more like locals, we didn’t want to repeat the touristy stuff from before, and we mainly spent the three days walking around. I finally got my 35,000 steps badge from Fitbit which I was … More Edinburgh – There and Back
First of all, an apology for the insane amount of photos that now follows. This past week was spent with my In-Laws in the very south west corner of Wales at a stunning Landmark Trust property – the West Blockhouse. This is the third Landmark Trust place Husband and I have stayed at, although it … More Awaken sleepy Wales
Despite having another five days to tick off items from what we didn’t do in New York last March, we still have so much we didn’t do. Visit or even see the Statue of Liberty – still nope. Go to the New York Public Library – another big nope. Eat at Big Gay Ice Cream every … More What I didn’t do in New York – Part two
Day five in New York and I finally managed to sleep in. Hooray! We didn’t have to worry about packing as we’d done it the night before, so we were able to check out pretty soon after we woke up. After being ignored by the doorman (grr), we left our bags at the hotel and … More Leaving New York, never easy
I woke up predictably early on our fourth day in New York – 5am – and jumped out of bed to see the damage that the blizzard had done. Husband sleepily asked me how bad it was as I got back under the duvet. I managed to convince him for about 30 seconds that it … More Let me hear your 50 words for snow
Watching the news on our third day in New York continued to terrify us. Good Day New York (our favourite American morning show) must have mentioned the word ‘blizzard’ hundreds of times. Flights were getting cancelled, the public was being advised to stock up on batteries and water, employees were being told to go home from work – it was … More I get the news I need on the weather report.
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