A Little Inn on Pleasant Bay2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - September 21, 2017April 24, 2018 There's always a risk when you go to a place you've yearned to go to since forever. What if it doesn't live up to your expectations? What if it was all a hype?Well I'm pleased to say that Cape Cod, even off-season and with Hurricane José on the way, was every bit as special as I'd hoped it would be. Ok, a bit more sunshine,
My Daughter’s Wedding in Santorini2017 - Our Year OutOccasionsTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - May 26, 2017January 29, 2022 Ok so back last Summer, the only thing we had planned for this year was our 'travelling'. Little did we know that Scottish Mik would propose to oldest daughter Helena and they'd decide to hold their wedding in Santorini! What a treat! A wedding and honeymoon in one for them and a wedding and holiday in Santorini for us!From an engagement under a Christmas Tree in
Kerala in Pictures2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 Our trip around Kerala began with a few days in the state capital, Kochi. It's a city with a long heritage dating right back to before the time of the great explorers and when the great silk and spice routes were being established. Fort Kochi is the part of the city nearest the sea, where the famous Chinese Fishing Nets can be seen at the
An Ayurvedic Massage in Kerala2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - April 7, 2017 I've been to a fair few spas over the past few years and have had a variety of treatments but I've never experienced anything quite like the Ayurvedic* Massage I had in Poovar in Kerala recently.I'll give you the background shall I? Ok, well by now you know that Mr. C and I sold one of our websites at Christmas and decided that with the proceeds of
A Trip to Kerala in India2017 - Our Year Out by Mrs C - March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 So, we're off to Kerala in India tomorrow! I never thought I'd be writing that sentence. It's definitely one off 'The Bucket List' for us and I'm really looking forward to it.When I saw the break advertised I reckon I was the most decisive I've ever been in my life. No going to and from Trip Advisor, no checking the climate, none of the 'should we, should;t
The Journey Home – Part One2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - March 14, 2017March 15, 2017 Whenever we go on holidays or short breaks we like to make 'the journey' part of the whole adventure.Some people hate the whole travelling to and from a place thing and the subsequent stress ends up ruining the beginning and end of their holidays. I always make sure I've got a choice of good things to read, research what films will be available on the
More Koh Phangan2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - March 11, 2017March 27, 2018 Well we've had an absolute blast here in Thailand, in particular in Koh Phangan. I don't think I've ever been so hot in my life though! Mr. C would tell you that I say that whenever I go anywhere warmer than a British summer but that's not exactly true. I don't tolerate high humidity particularly well so Florida in August has been one of those
Koh Phangan2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mrs C - March 8, 2017March 11, 2017 We're having the time of our lives here in Thailand! What a place, Koh Phangan is and no, we don't mean the bit where the Full Moon Parties take place either. We've been to lots of very beautiful, all relatively peaceful beaches but they all seem to pale into comparison next to ours.The Secret Beach is not so very secret after all, it turns out. It
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
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,
