London isn’t just a great city to live in. It’s a great city. Full stop. I always swell with pride when people from all over the world tell me it is one…
The Very Hungry Caterpillar was one of my favourite books when I was a child and my daughter seems to adore it just as much as me. We have read it together…
The past year has seen us embark on three road trips taking us to to France, Italy and Sweden. Two of those were with our four-year-old daughter AND a tiny baby. Yes, we…
Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday… City Tripping. Happy birthday to us!! Yes, today marks the first birthday of our City Tripping linky. One year ago Cathy at…
Sri Lanka has opened up hugely to tourism in the last few years and it is a place that needs to be discovered – before everyone else does! We had an incredible…
Do you cringe a little at the thought of a ‘photo shoot’? If so, I completely sympathise. I can’t say my husband is a huge fan either but we are severely lacking…
I’ve just discovered another wonderful spot on this globe. The Algarve in Portugal. I know I am a bit late to the party but autumn half-term marked my first visit to the…
How good can museum showcasing an old ship be? That was my initial reaction to the Vasa museum in Stockholm. But after reading positive reviews raving about the museum, it was one of my…
It’s funny how a few weeks ago I was slightly oblivious to exactly when the school holidays were happening. With our daughter now at school, they have suddenly taken on a greater significance for…
Mondays, we discovered, are not the best day to be a tourist in Gothenburg. The Swedish city runs as normal with shops open, students attending university and people going to work. But…
The leaves are turning red, orange and brown and drifting off the trees like snowflakes. Autumn is definitely here although the UK temperatures don’t seem to reflect it. Taking advantage of the…
It’s amazing how different a place can look visiting in different seasons. The last time I went to the Isabella Plantation in London’s Richmond Park was in spring. In autumn a far different…