I’m just back from my first ever trip to Poland – I spent the weekend exploring the beautiful city of Kraków, the country’s former royal capital. The night before… As my flight was leaving at a very early hour on Friday morning, I booked a hotel and parking package through Holiday Extras (my trip sponsors). […]
Six great things to do in Belfast
I really enjoyed my first trip to Northern Ireland. I was with my teenage daughter, who’d just come home from a post-exam Inter-Railing trip. Her brother was away on school camp, and so the two of us decided to head to Belfast. We flew there from London Gatwick with Easyjet, hired a car from the […]
BBC Broadcasting House Tour
Update: The BBC Tour of Broadcasting House stopped running in 2016, after a security review. Tours of other BBC buildings around the UK continue to run. I went on a fascinating tour of BBC Broadcasting House, along with my friend Suzanne. Broadcasting House is the BBC’s central London headquarters and is said to be the most advanced […]
Fish tour and cooking in Palamós
One October I went on a trip to the Costa Brava with my husband, 17 year-old daughter and 12 year-old son. The Costa Brava is in the North of Spain on the Mediterranean coast, right up near the French border, and is a beautiful area. I’ve already written about our zip-wire adventure and about the […]
Human towers in Girona
I watch the small girl as she climbs up the man’s back – and I marvel at her agility. She looks to be about five or six years old. The man stands still, leaning in to the rest of the group as she climbs. The child moves quickly, her knees splayed sideways, frog-like. Everyone in the square […]
Brooklands Museum: aviation and motorsport
One sunny afternoon in July my 12 year-old son and I headed over to Brooklands Museum. Brooklands is in Surrey in the South of England and is on the site of the world’s first purpose-built motor circuit, which was constructed in 1907. Brooklands Cars, motorbikes and bicycles all used to race at Brooklands and the […]
Next trip: Emilia-Romagna, Italy
This summer we (my husband, 16 year-old daughter, 12 year-old son and I) are heading to Italy for our family trip – again. We’ve been to Italy for our family holidays more times than we’ve been to any other country. There are many reasons why we go there so often – I’ve written about them […]
Family days out: Hever Castle, Kent
We live just a few miles away from Hever Castle & Gardens in Kent in the South of England and I’ve been taking my kids there since they were toddlers. Hever Castle dates from the thirteenth century and is one of those places which both adults and kids love going to. We always used to buy […]
On Game of Thrones and being a bad parent
(Spoiler alert – don’t read this if you don’t want to know what happens at the end of Game of Thrones, Series 5, Episode 1) Dubrovnik has been used as a film location for the fictional city of Westeros in the award-winning fantasy TV series Game of Thrones since 2011. I stayed at a James Villas […]
Magna Carta 800th anniversary
What is the Magna Carta? The Magna Carta is a document which was issued in 1215 by King John of England in a bargain with a group of rebellious barons. ‘Magna Carta’ literally means ‘the Great Charter’ and it is one of the most famous documents in the world. Why is the Magna Carta so […]
