Dubai skyline at night In October 2015, my husband and I made our first trip to Dubai thanks to a competition win with Motorola. It was a long weekend running from Friday 16th until Monday 19th, giving us 3/4 days and 3 nights in the desert delight.The prize win included flights and transfers, a hotel for 3 nights, spending money to … Continue reading Travel Report: Dubai →

August/September 2015 brought with is a long overdue trip to The Netherlands with my husband, Mr Ginger Cat, courtesy of a competition win with Expedia to commemorate 125 years since the death of Van Gogh.We were allowed to choose our destination and, on the advice of the lovely Zarina at pagetostagereviews.com, we decided to book … Continue reading Travel Report – The Netherlands – Rotterdam, Amsterdam & Delft →

View of either Les Masif des Alberes or Le Canigou mountains - I'm not quite sure which!In February 2015, after downsizing from our old family home, my parents bought a house in Sorède, France. My husband and I have had an incredibly busy year, however we managed to find a free weekend recently and nipped … Continue reading Travel Report: Sorède, South of France →

What can be more exciting than a long weekend in New York City ("NYC")? How about a FREE weekend in NYC? Yes, you heard correctly, FREE!!!I am hugely lucky to have just returned from an all expenses paid trip to NYC, courtesy of a competition win by my lovely husband (and thanks to the generosity of … Continue reading Trip Report: A long weekend in The Big Apple – New York City →

 As some of you may of seen from my recent tweets, I have recently returned from my first holiday of 2015 - a long weekend in Santorini, Greece with an old friend (thanks to a very understanding husband!). I had such a wonderful time that I thought this trip would be great as my first trip … Continue reading Travel: Trip Report – A weekend in Fira, Santorini →