Route 66 – The First Few Days2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr and Mrs C - September 29, 2017April 24, 2018 To a soundtrack of The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and other stalwarts of the soft-rock world on ‘The Bridge’ at Sirius XM, we mosied on down Route 66, stopping off to take pics of 1920s petrol pumps and to drink coffee in diners which looked like they hadn't changed one iota since the late 60s.Other than a simple stop over in a little hotel outside
Beginning in Boston2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr and Mrs C - September 17, 2017April 24, 2018 Our American road-trip has been on the agenda for many months now, but we've finally started. I don't know if it's an omen or not, but the very first step on the journey was our flight from London Heathrow to Boston with Virgin Atlantic. All seemed to be going well until just before we were about to step onto the plane at the gate when
Agia Pelagia, Heraklion and more2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - June 1, 2017August 2, 2017 Santorini had come to an end and it was time to say goodbye to the precipitous cliffs and azure waters and to board a ferry southwards to Heraklion and onwards to Agia Pelagia. It’s only a two hour crossing on the fast ferry down to Crete and these Hellenic Seaways fast ferries are very comfortable, with airline type seating, a café bar, TV, good clean
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
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 -
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
Melvita Travel SetBeauty by Mrs C - January 31, 2012Just had a lovely night away in one of my all-time favourite and really special hotels, The Manor House in Castle Combe.Getting all the usual toiletries together was made a little easier this time as I had a new set of travel-sized toiletries from my daughters for Christmas.The Melvita Travel Set they bought me was the one for Delicate Skin. (Yup, I'm a delicate soul,