Our City Break In RomeTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - July 6, 2012July 20, 2015Several years ago Mrs C expressed a wish to visit Rome. Years passed and various holidays became yet more bars on the global gate until a ‘special’ birthday gave us the opportunity to arrange a ‘special’ trip to see the city she had wished to see for so long.There appears to be a rather common myth that Rome isn’t the easiest of places to get to
Ripa Hotel in RomeTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - June 12, 2012One very excited 'not so young' lady here! Off to Rome on Thursday for a 'Big Birthday' and can't wait. We're staying at a hotel called the Ripa Hotel which is smack bang in the middle of everything in the historical Travestere area. It's near loads of bars, cafes & restaurants and is also only a cheap 20 minute direct train ride away from Fiumicino
Travelex Cash Passport – Avoid AvoidRants and RavesTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - April 12, 2012April 12, 2012When is a travel card not a travel card? When it’s a Travelex Cash Passport!Why would ANYONE choose to use a Pre-Load Travel Card? Come on, think about it! If you were about to go off travelling around the world to far-flung and exotic locations, where beautiful scenery, breathtaking, heartstopping experiences and lifelong memories are there for the taking, you’d want a system whereby you
Virgin Holidays Sri LankaTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - March 13, 2012August 2, 2017 The Royal Palms Hotel in Kalutara, Sri Lanka! Great hotel, lovely location, fantastic food, brilliant staff and to top it all, perfect holiday weather.We are definitely going back! Do I need to say more?Our Holiday in Sri Lanka was booked through Virgin Holidays!(I'll write a proper blog once I've caught up on my work!)
Parking at Heathrow with Holiday ExtrasTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - January 13, 2012March 10, 2016 We're off to Sri Lanka at the beginning of March with Virgin Holidays and needed to sort out our parking at Heathrow Airport. Spent a bit of time looking at various prices and ended up with an incredible deal with Holiday Extras.Our flight's not taking off till around 2pm so originally we'd planned on driving down in the morning, park for the 8 days or
The Thistle Grand BristolTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - November 9, 2011November 10, 2011Two agendas, three people, high standards required, central location essential, compromise forgotten... not too much then!Having used Thistle hotels before, we knew that it was unlikely we'd be disappointed by choosing the Grand Hotel in Bristol for a reunion get-together with an old friend.Situated on Broad Street, right in the centre of the City, close to lots of bars, restaurants, shops, theatres and all the
A Weekend Break at The Crowne Plaza in MarlowTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - July 31, 2011July 31, 2011A weekend in The Crowne Plaza in Marlow might not be everyone's first choice for a short break but we've just come back and had an unexpectedly lovely time. I suppose it was helped by the weather but our first beer in the sunshine on The Terrace overlooking the ornamental lake was probably the best glass of beer all year and I swear I could
Car Insurance For Teenage GirlsRants and RavesTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - March 1, 2011November 18, 2019As a Mum of three daughters 17, 19 and 21 and also two stepsons 16 and 20, I am horrified at the latest madness which is about to be imposed on us by the European Courts! Today judges basically told insurance companies that they would not be allowed to assess risk based on gender from December 21 next year.This is not about Equality at all
The Thistle Hotel, CheltenhamTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - February 10, 2011February 10, 2011If a job has to be done, then it might as well be done properly. A Sunday appointment in Cheltenham, which let's face it isn't a million miles away, gave us a perfect excuse to spoil ourselves with an overnighter in a nice hotel, away from the domestic chores that have to be done and where someone else cooks the meals and washes the dishes.We
A Fling With The New Volvo S60Travel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - November 15, 2010June 7, 2011Just spent a weekend with Volvo’s new S60, and what a weekend it was! This particular weekend we were celebrating our daughter’s 21st Birthday with a spoil-ourselves-rotten weekend at Center Parcs, Sherwood Forest. So to put a certain amount of icing on the cake we used the S60 as her preferred mode of transport.My goodness it rained though! Incessant, heavy depressing, grotty rain all the