Last year Copenhagen received around 5.59 million tourists, all of them desperate to get a glimpse of this fascinating ancient city in what is regularly touted as the “happiest country on the planet”. Once Winter arrived, and the wave of tourism naturally slowed, many in the industry went home, gave themselves a decent rest through […]
Reviews
London with Original Travel UK – Part 2
I make no apology for the fact that this is an incredibly picture heavy post… Don’t say I didn’t warn you. After our extensive exploration of the British Museum, we had a well-deserved break at Red Farm Covent Garden. Great food, the pastrami egg rolls are delicious, as are the giant Xiaolongbao (Soup Dumplings, served […]
London with Original Travel UK – Part 1
Original Travel UK started life some 16 years ago, when a group of friends left the City and joined forces to start a creative travel company specialising in Luxury Travel. This new venture grew quickly (winning countless awards along the way – like the Guardian’s Best Tour Operator twice!) and branched out into family holidays, […]
Space Exploration – Kennedy Space Center
Back to Florida now, fancy joining me? Given our slightly surreal start to the day, what with having witnessed a real-life space launch and all (AND the fact that it was still relatively early in the morning) it made sense to head up the road (by Florida standards anyway) to the Kennedy Space Center, and […]
A Winter Weekend – The Pig
Whilst I am sure there must be some kind of Internet law against posts containing any kind of Christmas stuff, I had to give you a little guided tour of the hotel we stayed at for a weekend of peace a few weeks ago. There are several Pigs dotted about the south of England marketing […]
Owloween at the Hawk Conservancy
I have always loved Halloween. From my earliest memories of dressing up for spooky school discos (typically as a witches cat for some reason!) to exploring Halloween in various other countries and cultures (I can highly recommend a Tivoli Halloween in Copenhagen, but Halloween in New York is really something!)… By the looks of things, […]
Glazer Children’s Museum – Tampa
One particularly wet and wild Floridian day, we headed to one of Tampa’s best attractions for small children – The Glazer Museum. Having visited before, our older two were able to show their little brother around, and introduce him to the best bits they remembered (although he wasn’t interviewed for a news channel like they […]
Sunday Photo – Contemplating Life
Contemplating life. My favourite picture from my time at Tom’s Eco Lodge recently…
Tom’s Eco Lodge – Glamping on the Isle of Wight
I honestly can’t claim to have had all that many “put the tent up yourself” type of camping experiences in life, apart from a handful of festivals in the misspent part of my youth (where to be honest someone else usually HAD to put the tent up for us anyway!). There was also a camping […]
The Ship Wreck Explorers – The Mary Rose
So much has changed in the four years since our last visit to the Mary Rose. The Three-Year-old wasn’t earthside for a start (so this technically wasn’t his first visit!), and I remember being very grateful for the cool and darkened corridors (plus the places to sit and rest!) as I waddled from one […]