Picture the scene, it’s a cold, dark winter night and you’re stood among the crowds that have all flocked to the Cologne Christmas market. The cathedral is lit up and looming above you, you’ve picked up some souvenirs and exhausted row upon row of festive stalls that line the ...
Without a doubt one of the best and first things you should do in the Dutch capital, especially if you’ve never been before is an Amsterdam canal cruise. It sounds typically touristy but we stumbled across the one that we did within an hour of arriving and I’m SO glad we just got on ...
When I was told by my London based friends to meet them at ‘Swingers bar’ my initial reaction was ‘whattttt?!?!’. Nothing would surprise me to be fair, I was meeting the girls I went to Vegas with, but it turns out ‘Swingers’ was actually ‘Swingers ...
Before last week my idea of Notting Hill was based partly on the film, so white buildings and feature doorways, and partly on coverage I’ve seen of Notting Hill carnival. Despite many visits to London it’s one of the neighbourhoods I’ve never explored myself. While I was ...
I’m writing this on the train back from 3 days in London, after 52 minutes of trying to get the bloody wifi to work. If you book direct with Virgin trains you get free wifi.
A weekend getaway to Buttermere in the Lake District came about following the really sudden change in season in October. One minute I was lying on a beach in Mexico, still feeling summery in September, the next minute the trees had changed colour, Starbucks had rolled out the inevitable pumpkin ...