The Westin, Lima

In May I finally visited South America for the first time.  For the past few years we've gone for one long 2/3 week hol…

Berlin Botanical Garden

In March I spent 36 hours in Berlin on a blogger trip with a jam-packed first day and time to do my own thing on the secon…

36 hours in Berlin

Back in March I received an email asking if I'd like to go to Berlin to see the new Scotch & Soda production at Th…

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: PERU

Signing off for sixteen days as I'm flying out to Peru today and visiting South America for the first time - hast…

SAPA, VIETNAM

After  five days in Hanoi , we hopped on a rather bleak overnight train to Sapa in northwestern Vietnam for a day of hikin…

BAY OF BISCAY

When I took my Dad to Bilbao last summer  for his birthday, we travelled west on the subway out to the Bay of Biscay using …

Hanoi Photo Diary

I liked Ho Chi Minh City , but I loved Hanoi.  We were in Vietnam last year for a total of eleven days, spread over four da…

INTERCONTINENTAL HANOI WESTLAKE

After four days in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam, we took a flight to the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh for a few d…