7 blissful days in North Portugal at the end of September
Categories: Events, Photography, Travel • Tags: Atlantic Ocean, casa da Bouca, Duoro River valley, Gustave Eiffel, O Mercado, Oporto, Ponte de Lima, Port wine, Porto, Portugal, Quinta da Bouca d'Arques, Ribeira, Santuario de Santa Luzia, The Yeatman, traveling, TukTuk, Viana do Castelo, Vila de Punhe, Vila Praia de Ancora, vineyards, Vino Verde, Vinologia, walking trail, Wedding, wine
Escaping Brexit in Arjuzanx, France. About as far away from the UK you can drive with a toddler.
Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: adventure, adventures, Aquitaine region, bamboo forest, bordeaux, Brexit, Family, France, French, holiday, roedtrip, summer, Toddler
Tuscany. Chianti. Pisa. Siena. Florence. Destinations for any entry level Italy lover. But how was it that in all our years of visiting Italy, we never made it to these fairytale locations? Were we saving the best for last without realising it!? So this month we spent 10 blissful days in the heart of Tuscany. And it was absolutely the best. That’s how I describe it. How was Tuscany? It was the best. Simple as that. From the rolling hills […]
Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: Amelie, B&B, bed&breakfast, Cat, chianti, Grapes, Horse, Horses, Italy, Travel, Tuscany, wine
Beginning of this month we went to a rather unusual holiday destination, especially for parents of a toddler. Israel! We went for a wedding, but stayed for the ancient history and the Dead Sea! And also the beaches. Never forget the beaches. Israel is a country of opposites. A country where the old and the new are nestled uncomfortably beside each other. It’s hard to come here and not mention religion, so let’s get that out of the way quickly. The […]
Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: baby, beaches, Dead Sea, Israel, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Toddler, Travel
This last weekend we flew on a Friday evening into Luxembourg and drove across the landscape to Saarbrücken and the baptism of my new godchild. So far, pretty normal. But along the way, we saw something that’s hard to describe. It looked like something from a book, or a nightmare or an alternate reality. Steel and iron, reaching into the sky like outstretched fingers. And all this, in the middle of a town. We made a note to look it […]
Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: Germany, gigantic ironworks, iron, ironworks, saarbruecken, Saarland, Travel, Unesco, Voelklinger Huette, World Heritage, World Heritage Site
Amelie is five months today and her all time favourite activity is looking at things; she can look at things all day. And by things I mean trees. If you’re not a tree you’ll get a strange look. Like this one: Why are you not a tree? Where have you hidden them? If you don’t tell me I’ll find out! Then there’s her passion for giving strangers distrustful looks. Especially photographers. And of course she is not easily impressed. I […]
Categories: Motherhood, Photography • Tags: 5 months, baby, baby photos, Motherhood, parenting, photography
100 days of joy. 100 days of learning. 100 days away from the rat race. 100 days of Amelie Gretchen. If you’ve visited this blog before, you’ll be used to my posts about travel and my adventures on ‘the Island’. But 100 days ago (possibly a few more – depending on when I post this!) the greatest adventure of my life began. MOTHERHOOD. Yes you have to write it in ALL CAPS. It also helps if you say it while […]
Categories: London, Motherhood, Photography • Tags: 100 days, adventure, Amelie Gretchen, baby, blogging, life events, Motherhood, parenting
It began the way most holidays begin. A map, a cup of coffee and a pocketful of half imagined destinations. The ideal half imagined destination in question had to be between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius in darkest January. So Iceland, Canada and most of Northern Europe were straight off the list. Did I also mention it had to be an island? And that it had to be full of beaches, underwater life and local colour? That it had to be […]
Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: adventure, Babymoon, beaches, Coco Island, Curieuse Island, Indian Ocean, Island, La Digue, Last Holiday, Patatran Village Hotel, Photo, photographs, photography, Praslin, Pregnant, Seychelles, Sister Island
It was two weeks and two continents ago, but it still lingers in my imagination. So here’s my latest travel tips for the loveliest corner of England: Cornwall. To begin, and always a good technique: share the planning! That way your trip is always varied and exciting. And at least one of you knows what’s happening. First hotel – selection by Matt: Jamaica Inn in the civil parish of Altarnun. “There would never be a gentle season here, thought Mary; either grim […]
Categories: Photography, Travel • Tags: Altarnun, Cornwall, getaway, Mawagan Porth Bay, Moors, Scarlet hotel, weekend
