The World Travel Market trade show and conference held in London every year always falls on the week in November when stores reveal their Christmas displays, and the Oxford Street lights get switched on. This year was no different and on my free evening I went along to see it. Personally, ...
Every year the unveiling of Fenwick’s window the first weekend in November is the first of the festive highlights in Newcastle. This year Fenwick’s have got more Christmassy again with a display depicting the story of The Snowman, marking the 40th anniversary since the Raymond Biggs ...
There is something that little bit extra special about a winter getaway. When the summer holidays are over, dark nights are creeping in, and it feels like there’s a bleak winter ahead booking a winter city break can be the perfect thing to combat the blues and give you something to look ...
Happy 1st December! The bright lights and buzzing atmosphere that fills the air in NYC at the best of times was on a whole new level with the addition of Christmas lights and displays for the festive season. Buses flashed ‘Happy Holidays’ as they drove past, twinkling lights filled ...
I’d previously been to Paris in Spring and Summer, and to be honest I didn’t think it would be possible to beat how beautiful the city is in Spring. With pink blossom everywhere, the sun shining, but still cool enough to be comfortable walking around I was convinced that you simply ...
As this post goes live I’ll be sat on a plane to Paris, with the best Friday Feeling ever. It’s so close to Christmas now and everyone, even the office scrouge has a ‘festive buzz on’. While I’m swanning – there’s no other way to describe it, while I’m swanning around Paris and yes I am ...