“Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”
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London at Christmas Time – Day 1
We have a group of friends that we always plan trips together, it is either a trip abroad, in the UK or days out in London or somewhere else. This time we booked a weekend in London to visit some markets and attractions and to see a bit of London at Christmas time. We were…
Experiencing the Best in Gibraltar in 2 days – Day 2
On this post I will highlight the places we visited, the best things to see and best things to do in Gibraltar Day 2. The morning started early as we had to be at the top of the rock at 10 am to meet our guide. Breakfast was good but a bit chaotic with the…
Experiencing the Best of Gibraltar in 2 days – Day 1
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Gibraltar, Day 1. I’ve always wanted to visit Gibraltar but never had the opportunity before. So, when planning our trip to the south of Spain, I decided to include a visit to Gibraltar…
Ilha do Mel and Pontal do Paraná – PR – Brazil – How to Make the Best of Your Visit
On this post I will highlight the places we visited, the best things to see and the best things to do in Ilha do Mel and Pontal do Paraná. If you are following my trip to Brazil, you will know that we went to Pontal do Paraná to spend a few days at my brother’s,…
The Best in Morretes and Antonina – PR – Brazil
On this post I will highlight the places we visited, the best things to see and best things to do in Morretes and Antonina. We woke up very early at Radisson Hotel Curitiba and after getting ready we went downstairs for breakfast. Breakfast was plentiful with the usual variety of cold and hot choices. After…
The best things to do in Curitiba – PR – Brazil
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Curitiba. THE TRIP TO PARANÁ After spending a lovely Christmas day with our family in São Vicente, we set out on Boxing Day to Pontal do Paraná in the state of Paraná, to…
The Best of São Paulo – SP – Brazil – Day 3
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in São Paulo, Day 3. VISITING SÃO PAULO We started our third day in São Paulo by checking out of the lovely flat we stayed for the last 2 nights (see my previous post…
The Best of São Paulo – SP – Brazil – Day 2
Photo above is Aerial View of São Paulo – Credit to Fernando Stankuns On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in São Paulo, Day 2. VISITING SÃO PAULO Our second day in São Paulo started with a private walking tour of…
The Best of São Paulo – SP – Brazil – Day 1 –
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in São Paulo, Day 1. A BIT ABOUT SÃO PAULO São Paulo, known as “Selva de Pedra” (Stone Forest) due to the number of high-rise buildings in the city. It is the capital of…
A trip to Brazil – “Baixada Santista” – Praia Grande – SP – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Praia Grande. I lived in Praia Grande (Long Beach) from the age of 6 until I left Brazil when I was 27 years old. I saw the changes of the city from when…
A trip to Brazil – “Baixada Santista” – Santos – SP – Part 2 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Santos. VISITING SANTOS – PART 2 I will start Part 2 of Santos, moving on from the city centre and to the neighbourhoods on the beaches, I will start in “Ponta da Praia”.…
A trip to Brazil – “Baixada Santista” – Santos – SP – Part 1- What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Santos. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SANTOS Santos is in the São Vicente Island together with São Vicente. Santos started in 1531 as a small hamlet called Porto de São Vicente. In 1543 it…
A trip to Brazil – “Baixada Santista” – São Vicente – SP – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in São Vicente. As a Brazilian living in the UK for more than 30 years, we usually go to Brazil almost every year to visit relatives and friends, but regrettably because of the pandemic,…
A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Óbidos – Day 7 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Óbidos and around. Our friends were staying in Óbidos for another week and were planning to drive to Porto to stay there for a couple of nights, but we were at the end…
A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Cabo da Roca, Azenhas do Mar and Óbidos – Day 6 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Azenhas do Mar and around. Another very dark day in Sintra, but at least it was not raining. We checked out of the hotel and went to collect our hired car by taxi…
A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Sintra – Day 5 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Sintra Day 5. The day started bright and clear with no rain. The plan today was to visit the “Chalet of the Countess of Edla”, “Convent of Capuchos” and “Quinta da Regaleira”. As…
A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Sintra – Day 4 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Sintra Day 4. We woke up on our first day in Sintra under rainfall. After our delicious breakfast at the Sintra Boutique Hotel, we went straight to Palácio Nacional de Sintra which was…
A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Lisbon – Day 3 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Lisbon – Day 3. We woke up to a very rainy, dark day. We packed up and checked out of the hotel Residencial Florescente, but asked them to keep our suitcases as we…
A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Lisbon – Day 2 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Lisbon – Day 2. We started the second day of our visit to Lisbon early and after breakfast we walked to Praça da Figueira to catch Tram 15E that would take us to…
A trip to Portugal in 7 days – Lisbon – Day 1 – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Lisbon – Day 1. We have been to Portugal many times. We have two friends who have houses in Portugal (one in São Martinho do Porto, and another in Óbidos), and we have…
A visit to Houghton Mill, Houghton, Cambridgeshire
We had some friends and their children around for the weekend, so we planned a day out on the Sunday before they left at Houghton Mill, which is quite close to where we live. Although Houghton Mill is close, we had never been there before and heard that it was a nice place to visit…
A weekend at Goodwood Revival, Beaulieu, Chichester and The New Forest – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in West Sussex. In September, every year there is the world’s greatest motor historic racing event at The Goodwood Estate in West Sussex, the “Goodwood Revival”. We have been privileged enough to frequent these…
A weekend in Twickenham and Richmond – London – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Twickenham and Richmond, London. We have some friends that live in St Margaret’s (Twickenham), London and we go to visit them regularly. This time I went for a visit on a Saturday morning…
Ramsey and the 1940’s weekend – Cambridgeshire – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Ramsey. Ramsey is a small market town in Cambridgeshire, about 9 miles from Huntingdon, 17 miles from Peterborough and 30 miles from Cambridge. It started as a small island in the middle of…
A visit to Paris in 3 days – What to see and do – Day 3
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Paris, Day 3. We woke up feeling refreshed and prepared for the last day in the City of Lights, and in France. After breakfast we headed to the tube station and in the…
A visit to Paris in 3 days – What to see and do -Day 2
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Paris, Day 2. We woke up early and had breakfast at my friend’s. Just after breakfast we left to explore another day. Our first visit of the day was to the Carnavalet Museum,…
A visit to Paris in 3 days – What to see and do – Day 1
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Paris, Day 1. Throughout the years living in the UK, we visited Paris many times and each time we discover new things to do and visit. We had already visited most of the…
A visit to Oradour-sur-Glane – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Oradour-sur-Glane. In the morning we had our breakfast at the orangery-style restaurant of the Golf St Lazare Hotel in Limoges. It was a buffet style breakfast, complete with pastries, breads, hams, cheese, yogurts,…
A day visiting Périgueux – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Périgueux. We needed to leave Bergerac early to arrive with plenty of time to explore everything in Périgueux. So, we didn’t waste much time; I went straight to the boulangerie and bought our…
A day visiting Bergerac and Monbazillac – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Bergerac and Monbazillac. We woke up early in the Coir Historique flat and went out looking for a café to have some breakfast. We walked all around the neighbourhood but could not find…
A day visiting Sarlat-la-Canéda – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Sarlat-la-Canéda. After a very well slept night, we woke up and packed to check-out of Namasté Cottage; before checking out though, breakfast beckoned us… We had two options — eat inside or outside…
A day visiting Issigeac, Eymet, Monpazier and Villeréal – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Issigeac, Eymet, Monpazier and Villeréal. We woke up and went for breakfast in the dining room of the Joie Namasté Cottage. The breakfast was served on the dining table with delicious fresh baguettes,…
A day in Domme and Castelnaud-la-Chapelle – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Domme and Castelnaud-la-Chapelle.. After breakfast we checked-out of Château de Monrecour. We had the most enjoyable time there, but it was time to move on in our trip in the Dordogne. We headed…
Beynac-et-Cazenac and La Roque-Gageac – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Beynac-et-Cazenac and La Roque-Gageac. After a well-slept night at our room at Château de Monrecour, we got ready to go downstairs for breakfast. Breakfast could be taken inside the breakfast room or in…
Rocamadour and Grouttes de Lacave – What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Rocamadour and around. It was time to leave the lovely Château de Lissac. After breakfast we checked out and drove to Rocamadour, which is about an hour’s driving from the Château through beautiful…
What to see and do in Collonges-la-Rouge and Carennac
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Collonges-la-Rouge and Carennac.. After a late night at the wedding party we attended, we only left Paris to Dordogne at 12 o’clock. It was a Sunday, and the roads were quite clear. We…
A day out in Sandringham and Norfolk Lavender
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Sandringham and around. Last Sunday, we went to Sandringham and Norfolk Lavender with our friends/neighbours S and G and our dog Bambino. The weather was very good, sunny but not too hot. We…
Ragusa, Sicily – The best to visit and do
A post by the “Long-suffering Friend” Why am I here? Like “The Husband”, I too have been asked by the Travelling Surveyor to write a guest piece for her blog. It is difficult to say no to the Travelling Surveyor. As one of her very good friends over the years, I’ve tried to say no…
The North-East of England – Anglo-Saxons to Vikings
So, I have been asked by the Travelling Surveyor to provide a guest blog entry, sort of a companion to the posts related to our trip to York, Whitby, and Edinburgh. After a little bit of fake disinterest, I thought that this may be a good opportunity to indulge a …
Two days in Brighton/Seaford: What do see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in Brighton. Brighton is one of those towns that you always want to go back to. I’ve been to Brighton many times, but it was a few years since I last was there,…
A day out in Norwich : What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in Norwich. I’ve always wanted to visit Norwich and on the last bank holiday weekend we spent a day visiting this beautiful city. It was my husband, my dog “Bambino” and myself this…
A day out in Ely: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in Ely. Today was another beautiful day, sunny and warm, ideal for spending outdoors exploring new things. My friends stayed the night and after a generous breakfast in the garden we got ready…
A day out in Cambridge: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in Cambridge. As we live only about 45 minutes from Cambridge, I have been there many times. Every time we want to shop for something more special, we go to Cambridge, because the…
My “Vanilla” Buy-to-Let Project Investment
I had renovated a few houses in the past and had a few buy-to-let properties many years ago. At the time I had small kids and had just landed a full-time job. With my husband also working full time and often far away, it became impossible to manage it all by myself. So, we decided…
A visit to Portmeirion in Wales: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in Portmeirion. The plan today was to check-out of the hotel and drive up north in the direction of Portmeirion Village, which would take us about 3 hours. We had tickets booked for…
A visit to St Davids/Newport in Wales: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in St. Davids and Newport. It was time to move on and we continued with our trip in the direction of the famous St. Davids. St. Davids is located to the north of…
A visit to Tenby in Wales: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in Tenby. Tenby is a beach town in the south-west part of Wales, and it took us about 1 hour and a quarter to get there from Mumbles. It is a picturesque town…
A visit to Swansea and Mumbles in Wales: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in Swansea/Mumbles. Swansea is the second biggest city of Wales, but it is much nicer than the capital in our opinion. Although it is famous as a party city, it has a much…
South Wales – Swansea, Tenby, St Davids, Newport & Portmeirion in 8 Days
It was August 2021 and as Covid restrictions were still in place, we decided that France would be left for next year and once again, cancelled the trip to France. As we had such a nice time in Wales, we thought it was worth going back to a different area and exploring a bit more…
A visit to Liverpool: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in Liverpool. Liverpool is a vibrant city offering so much to do for all kind of visitors. Considered a culture city, it has a fair number of museums (second in the UK after…
A visit to Llandudno and around: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in LLandudno. Llandudno is a seaside resort in North Wales and its name means “the church of Tudno” in English. Tudno is the patron saint of the town. The resort is very popular…
North Wales and England – LLandudno and Liverpool by car in 5 days
My husband and I were booked to go to France for about 12 days in June, but thanks to Covid, we had to cancel another planned trip. Travelling restrictions on trips abroad proved to be too much of a hassle and we decided to have a shorter trip within the UK, and the rest of…
A visit to York: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and the best things to do in York. York is a city full of history, founded by the Romans, this Medieval city has a lot to offer to the eager history lover and tourists alike. From the middle-aged buildings…
A visit to Whitby: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best places to see and best things to do in Whitby. Whitby, the great little town. Whitby is a seaside town in Yorkshire steeped in history, culture, and myths. From its association to Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyages, as well as Bram Stoker taking…
A visit to Edinburgh: What to see and do
On this post I will highlight the places we visited and the best things to see and best things to do in Edinburgh. This was our third time in Edinburgh. My husband and I went there when we first moved to England 30 years ago, then last year on our way up to The Highlands…
Scotland and England – Whitby, Edinburgh and York by car in 7 days (Covid time and all)
After so long in lockdown, we finally set off to our little adventure to Edinburgh with our friends D and T. We had this trip planned since last year and initially it was going to be to Edinburgh only. Our friends would take the train in London and we would take the same train once…
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