Amsterdam is one of those cities that the whole world knows and the whole world should visit in their lifetime. But please make that visit at a time I’m not there. I don’t like crowds. I might as well give our secret away for finding blindingly fab accommodation – TripAdvisor/Booking.com…
Ever since my parents brought back the stunning glassware from Venice on their trip back in the 1980s, I have been transfixed by Venice. So far removed from the usual with her tiny alleys, uncountable bridges and canals, overhung with shuttered windows and tiny clotheslines. We stayed in San Marco,…
Sometimes the fancy takes us to get in the car and go. Sometimes we’re just in the neighbourhood. Either way, we’ve made a few trips around England in the past couple of years which have yielded stunning scenic views, underground venturing, revisiting old haunts and soaking up history as only…
It could be taken as a given with my ancestry and previous life spent in Oxford that I should be predisposed to scoffing at Cambridge. However, since I didn’t row in any regattas in Henley, I’m happy to say I loved it. The grand old buildings, wide spaces and festive…
Taking advantage of the great summer, we hopped over to Berlin for a long weekend taking in the views from aboard bicycles and atop double-decker buses.I love how living here means we can ‘hop over’ to Europe. Still a thrill for this antipodean 😉 We had each bought a Berlin…