Barcelona – An Olympic size menu

The giant Botero bronze horse in the main arrivals hall of Barcelona airport welcomed us to this quirky city as we waited for our transfer to the Pullman Barcelona Skipper hotel. An around the houses journey dropping others at their hotels, gave us a great introduction to the city and its interesting drivers. Being by …

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Mauritus – Living the Dream

In many of the places we have visited there have always been chances to swim with dolphins but, those have been captive so we can never bring ourselves to do it. Mauritius offered us the chance to swim with them in the wild and so of course we jumped at the chance. Getting up at …

Mauritius – Lux Le Morne

As though going to Mauritius isn't treat enough, when you get the chance to upgrade to business class it has to be taken. Emirates Economy is a very good service, but their business class is superior to that by several levels. The whole process of getting through security and onto the plane are made easier …

Rome – Further roaming

And so began one of the most memorable Birthdays yet, a clear and sunny day began with a trip to the Trevi Fountain, quite possibly the most amazing fountain in Rome or anywhere, with the sun out it stands in beautiful relief, with the temperature rising it is all you can do not to want …

Rome – No place like Rome

An early flight from London Gatwick encouraged us to get there the night before and to stay at the Bloc hotel, which is right in the terminal and takes out all the stress of rushing to catch a flight. A simple train journey from the airport into the city had us at our Hotel a little …

Iceland – Land of Ice, Fire and Dolphins

If you haven't rented a car, not to worry there are plenty of excursions on offer, and we were up early (again) for this one. I booked all our tours through GrayLine and they were always reliable and great quality (not sponsored we just genuinely think they are great). Plenty of research to find the most ethical …

Iceland – A long weekend

Iceland has been pretty much the top of the bucket list forever. With so much natural beauty to see and only short amount of time I'm going to apologise in advance for the extra long, picture heavy post as I share the highlights. It's worth it though I promise! Arriving some time around midnight in …

Dubai – Beyond the steel and glass

On the metro again, heading towards Dubai Creek, home to several of the Souk's. The first to try and sell us the world was the old textile market. The variety of colours and patterns were almost as overwhelming as the sellers attempts make us purchase anything. Draped in silks and offered any kind of designer bag you …

Dubai – So new it still has the plastic on

So you want some sun, sea and sand when it's cold and wet in England. Only seven hours away on an Emirates flight from Londons Heathrow sits Dubai. We've stopped here a few times on the way to further flung places, so it was exciting to see what the place looke like outside the airport terminal …

Petworth Park

The age old question of what to do to make the most of that rare English gift of a Sunny day? The day needs to be savoured and preferably not spent sat in a queue of traffic on the way to Dorset or some other seaside location. Digging out the good old National Trust guide and …