Another instalment of my travels in Mexico this summer… We rented a car from Playa del Carmen and decided to be classic tourists and visit Chichén Itzá – the classic Mayan pyramid, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world and the most visited site on the Yucatan peninsula. Pretty impressive right?! However it…
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Gin Club outing @ Sipsmiths distillery
For my birthday in April Lauren kindly fed my gin addiction and gave me a tour of the Sipsmiths distillery in Chiswick. We finally got a date booked with some friends and general gin lushes to visit in July! So off we skipped after work on a Tuesday night to get quietly soozled (this is…
Where to eat in Valletta
To celebrate my parents 40th wedding anniversary they took the whole family to Malta for a week in May. We were lucky to stay at the Phoenicia hotel, just outside the Valletta city walls (literally overlooking them!). I’m writing a few posts about our stay, this one is all about the food, but it isn’t…
Weekend in Amsterdam
If you follow my blog you may have read my previous lists from Amsterdam – My Top 5 Amsterdam Museums, bikes of Amsterdam Photo blog and my visit to the House of Bols – but this isn’t everything we did on our long weekend, we even managed some free activities…. Read on to find out…
Christmas Market @ Tower Bridge
Some of you may know that I have a new job working for EY based in More London. The nearest tube is London Bridge (for me on the Northern line anyway!) and from the office I have a great view of Tower Bridge and the Tower of London in one direction, HMS Belfast and the city…
Thermae Bath Spa
Last time I was up in Bath visiting the family I wrote about the Roman Baths this time it was all about treating ourselves in the spa 🙂 You’re not allowed to take photos in the Spa, so all the pics are from the Thermae Spa website Disclaimer over – what did we do?! As…
A weekend at the Edinburgh Fringe
This weekend I was up in Edinburgh for the Fringe and to visit friends. This is the fifth time I’ve visited Edinburgh, but only the first at Fringe time. Some of the shows we saw at the Fringe this weekend. My friend, Jen and I stayed at the Tune hotel in Haymarket – which was…
Caning Camden in a few hours
I finally got to meet Margarita on Sunday afternoon – she is a friend of a friend – we both met Aaron whilst couchsurfing at his in Vegas. As Margarita is now living in London Aaron put us in contact so I could at least show her around my neighbourhood and that’s what we did…