View from Ponte Vecchio
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A long weekend in Florence

by on March 1, 2016
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We’ve just come back from a wonderful long weekend in Florence – a city which truly has my heart. We arrived on Thursday evening and stayed at the absolutely stunning Four Seasons. The trip was a birthday present from my husband. It’s beginning to become a bit of a tradition as…

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The red rooftops of Florence
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Florence has my heart

by on February 26, 2016
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I’ve often heard people say that they were ‘blown away’ by a city or country or that they fell utterly in love with somewhere and I’d never quite understood it because I’d never experienced it myself. Until now. I’m lucky to have travelled quite a bit and been to many…

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Alexanderplatz in Berlin
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A long weekend in Berlin

by on October 1, 2015
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Apart from a stopover in Frankfurt airport en-route from London to South Africa many years ago (which doesn’t count, does it?), I’d never been to Germany. So, for my birthday in February I decided this was my destination of choice and my husband booked us a long weekend in Berlin…

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A long weekend in Barcelona
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How to spend a long weekend in Barcelona

by on September 16, 2015
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I love travelling and I loved Barcelona. Great people, food, architecture, weather…what’s not to love? We visited over an Easter weekend and the weather was lovely. Well , mostly lovely – it did rain one day!  With around a two hour flight from London and numerous airlines flying direct, there’s…

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