School's out, people are on their hols and jetting off to sunnier climes. These days, thanks to cheap flights and the digital age, you can be somewhere sunny in just a few hours and share holiday memories in an instant. In my childhood, in the 1970s, long before Easyjet and Facebook had even been thought about,…
Tales from my Travels
An oasis on a hot day
In the early days of my blog, I shared some memories of a holiday in Marrakech (Memories of Marrakech). It was a real experience for me , witnessing a different culture and way of life. Probably one of the most memorable experiences was on our very first day. After breakfast at our beautiful riad, we…
New York…new adventure
I've spent the last hour or so looking through photographs of our trip to New York back in 2013. It's easy to forget how wonderful a holiday it was but looking at the pictures now I remember how excited and how happy we were to be there. My husband had never been before so it…
A trip to Columbia Road
One of my all time favourite places in London is Columbia Road Flower Market. Situated in the East End, the street is transformed on a Sunday into a flower lover's paradise with traders lining the street on both sides selling their wares to passers by. We usually take the tube to Old Street station and from there…
Colourful Cuba
Back in 2001 (yes, over a decade ago, yikes), we splurged out on a holiday to Cuba. Looking back on it now, I realise how lucky we were because I have never met that many people who have been there. It was quite a journey to get to - flying from Belfast to Gatwick, staying…
Inspired by Islay
Back in May 2011 we made a trip to Islay (pronounced Eye-la) which is the southern most island of the Inner Southern Hebrides in Scotland. Geographically it isn't that far from Northern Ireland and it just involved two flights - one from Belfast to Glasgow and one from Glasgow to Islay the following morning. The…
Memories of Marrakech
In September 2014, I visited Marrakech for the first time. We chose there because it has always looked so exotic and so different to anywhere we had been before. Plus the flight time is not too long and warm weather is pretty much guaranteed. It's a holiday I always look back on fondly because it was…
