The North Coast 5002017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr and Mrs C - June 27, 2017September 17, 2017 The North Coast 500 - A driving tour of the coast of ScotlandMrs. C …...So we checked out of the Inverness Premier Inn after a not-so-good night's sleep and set off on the road for the North Coast 500. After a swelteringly hot Edinburgh on the Sunday, at Helena's Wedding Party, we weren't expecting the 14° temperature or the sullen grey skies and pouring rain!
The Italian Lakes2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - June 10, 2017August 21, 2017 Somewhere around 10pm our EasyJet flight landed at Milan Malpensa and we hopped onto the hotel shuttle taking us to our overnight home, the Crowne Plaza. The single receptionist did a very good job of ushering our bus full of arrivals to their rooms in record time. Ours was actually quite a nice room, but having been up and about most of the day we
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
Splendid Santorini2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - May 30, 2017January 29, 2022 Santorini conjures up lots of images of white stone, blue roof buildings perched precariously on precipitous cliffs overlooking a gigantic water-filled crater.So, we were excited about our forthcoming visit, especially as the reason for the visit was to be there for our daughter’s wedding in Santorini. It was also going to be as part of a much bigger trip that was going to take in
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
A Switzerland Surprise2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 Feeling a bit rejuvenated by our recent travels, we sat by our kitchen table having breakfast and reading the Saturday papers when I looked at Mrs C and asked ‘what do you fancy doing this week?’. After not an enormous amount of head scratching we decided that a trip of some sort was on the cards, so we bit the bullet and booked 2 return
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
India – The first few days2017 - Our Year OutTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - March 27, 2017April 18, 2017 It's been a while since I was last in India. I wasn't surprised by some things, but as has always been the case, India never fails to throw new things at you. Kochi (formerly Cochin) though, with all its history and entrepreneurial prowess is still as fascinating as I remember it being way back when I first visited.Our journey out was very much better than
The Journey Home – Part Two – The Long Haul2017 - Our Year OutRants and RavesTravel, Holidays and Hotels by Mr C - March 15, 2017May 20, 2022 Oh well, looks like Mrs C’s put me on the spot here. Her reporting on all the brilliant bits of the Koh Phangan to Bangkok journey already make me very reminiscent and brimming with an urge to go somewhere really nice again - soon!Long-haul air travel isn’t - and never has been - one of my favourite pastimes, having spent many years working in places