Beyond the Blue Horizon2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - March 5, 2017March 6, 2017 So we've been here at the beach for a few days now and it's such a contrast to Bangkok. Where Bangkok was noisy, here is tranquil. Where Bangkok was full of traffic fumes and the usual unpleasant, if expected, smells, here the air you breathe feels clean and fresh, aided and abetted by the gentle sea breeze. Two days in Bangkok was an assault on the
Busy Bangkok2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - March 3, 2017March 6, 2017 After a couple of weeks back at home soaking up a bit of cold and wet British winter we're on the move again. This time we're heading to sunny Thailand to brighten the spirit and simply unwind a bit. The outbound flight was with British Airways and full marks for punctuality and service meaning we were away on time for the 11 hour trek to
Prague2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - February 9, 2017February 18, 2017 Time moves on and so do we! Today we're in a beautiful, but very cold Prague. We travelled down from Berlin by train, passing through the snow covered fields of southern Germany and then into the rocky river banks that the railway follows once it leaves Dresden and enters the Czech Republic.The first thing that hit me about Prague was how incredibly ornate and well
Berlin2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - February 9, 2017February 12, 2017 Our three days in Berlin just flew past. It really was an eye opener for me though.I'm a bit embarrassed by my sketchy knowledge of European history. Although, if anywhere is going to spark an interest in the events of the last century then Berlin is it. We visited the Checkpoint Charlie museum and wandered around some of the areas around Potsdamerplatz, strolled through the
A Hotel in Pictures – Pulitzer Amsterdam2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - February 4, 2017February 13, 2017 So many pictures, so much art! Every single wall of the fabulous Pulitzer Amsterdam is home to a painting or print worthy of a place in an art gallery.We didn't ask but as far as we could work out, many of them were originals. And whether traditional in style or really 'out there', the artwork was all very striking. The hotel is a veritable maze,
Amsterdam Day 22017 - Our Year OutRants and Raves by Mrs C - February 4, 2017February 13, 2017 Right now I'm sitting outside a cafe near Dam Square, Grolsch in hand, people watching and thinking about yesterday's visit to Anne Frank's House.People of all shapes and sizes, creed and colour are milling around and I can't help but wonder if any of them are feeling more anxious about their situation now that a certain racist, orange-faced, Shredded-Wheat haired objectionable buffoon is the Head Honcho
Amsterdam2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - February 3, 2017February 27, 2018 As any frequent flyer will tell you, Amsterdam is no more than a quick up-and-down hop. What they won't tell you is that if your plane happens to land on the southbound runway at Schipol airport it takes almost as long to get to the gate as it did getting to the Netherlands. However, with typical Dutch efficiency we were through the airport and on
The Journey Begins2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - January 31, 2017February 9, 2017 So, we’re breaking ourselves in gently with a 10 day trip in Northern Europe starting tomorrow with 3 days in Amsterdam, 3 in Berlin and then the remainder in Prague.
New Horizons Through an Opening Door2017 - Our Year Out by Mr C - January 17, 2017 It’s been a funny few months, at the end of which I’m at a loose end.For almost two years now we’ve wanted to do something different, to broaden our horizons, to get out of that office we’ve worked in for the last eleven years. Don’t get me wrong; they’ve been a rewarding 11 years and I’ve learnt so much that I thought I knew -
So We’re Taking a Year Out …2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - January 10, 2017 Ok so a New Year and a shed-load of exciting plans. (Silver Gap Year anyone?)Daughter 1 over at HelenasBlog has announced she's getting married in Santorini in May and we're all ridiculously excited. I can't think of a more idyllic place in which to get married although Manhattan 2004 was pretty incredible for us if I remember rightly. Daughter 2, the increasingly-exhausted Junior Doctor, is