Image (c) Sean MacEntee Technology is, as the saying goes, everywhere. And the times have indeed a-changed. Once the preserve of corporate road warriors on the company’s dollar, laptops, tablets and smartphones seem to have become standard items on packing lists – even for backpackers. This begs the question – does technology help to improve or [...]
Image (c) Park Inn Oslo Airport, Gardermoen This article is part three of the series “Trip diary: Three weeks on the road in Florida”: Teaser: New series starts this week Introduction: A three week road trip around Florida, June-July 2013 Hotel review: Park Inn Oslo Airport Flight report: Lufthansa New Business Class Frankfurt to Miami First [...]
London is bursting at the seams with places to see and things to do, but you still have to eat, right? If you’ve never had a proper English breakfast, then you don’t know what you’re missing – apart from several hundred calories. In the past the humble transport cafe was the place to go for [...]
You may remember that a while back I extolled the many virtues of my favourite hotel in the south of England, the Felbridge Hotel & Spa… Well I remember that you liked it, yes. That’s what you mean, right? It certainly is. You may also recall that as well as the facilities and service offered [...]
London. We just can’t get enough of the place. But with well over a thousand hotels to choose from you’re probably going to need some help narrowing down your choices… True. The old ‘throw the dart at the map on the wall’ method hasn’t worked so well for me recently. No…the thing to do is [...]
You can’t visit Stockholm without enjoying a fika – a supposedly untranslatable word that is ‘back slang’ for the old Swedish word for coffee, kaffi. Back slang is when the syllables of a word are reversed, in case you were wondering. Nowadays it can be both a noun and a verb and refers to the [...]
The Swedish capital is absolutely one of our favorite Grown-up destinations and we never tire of singing its praises. It is of course not cheap; and finding good mid-range accommodation can be a challenge. You’re not one to shirk from a challenge though, are you now? Certainly not, and the last time I visited I [...]
Looking for a weekend break with excellent food, fab shopping and affordable prices? This could be the best destination you’ve never heard of. Lodz in Poland is a couple of hours by train from Warsaw and has a great hotel which we’ll soon be reviewing. Stay tuned…
