The Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire – A Luxury Festival on a Budget - Everything that makes Wilderness Festival the unmissable festival of the year, and how you can enjoy Wilderness festival on a budget. “That first evening we drank chai tea laced with brandy and danced under the starry sky while trapeze artists cycled through fire high above us.” Welcome to Wilderness Festival in Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire. A [Read More...]
How to spend a day in Barcelona – A Complete Guide - Do you only have a day in Barcelona – here’s how you should spend it! How much does a day in Barcelona cost? If that’s all you want to know click here! Sometimes you pick up amazing deals on flights exactly when you want them and sometimes, it’s worth checking a few days before and [Read More...]
Good Friday in Palermo – Why I’ll Never Forget Easter Abroad - Why I will never forget Palermo – The haunting processions on Good Friday in Palermo must be seen to be believed. Palermo Cathedral – influenced by the world. Baroque, Gothic, Norman, Neoclassical, Moorish the list goes on.. If you’re in Palermo during Easter time and you’ve never experienced Easter abroad before you are in for [Read More...]
Snowboarding in Spain – Sierra Nevada Mountains - Snowboarding in Spain? Say whaaaat?? As it turns out, yes, yes it’s true. You can go snowboarding in Granada Spain, a place known for 45°C summers, I’ve been there, I’ve done it, and it’s freezing cold and absolutely beautiful. A little back story on me, I am a sucker for snowboarding! I love it! I’ve [Read More...]
24 hours in Alicante – An Itinerary for a day in Alicante - If we were to be honest 24 hours in Alicante is absolutely not enough time to fully experience the city. There is certainly more to see, more to enjoy, and a damn sight more to eat. However, we recently had a visit from my parents whilst we were living in Santa Pola (just south of [Read More...]
Spectacular Street Art and Graffiti Tour of Granada – Hidden in plain sight - Something you might not know about Granada is that it has the most amazing street art. Granada, you see, is home to Raúl Ruiz otherwise known as El Niño de las Pinturas (it means child of the paintings) His depictions are powerful in a way that only street art can be. Messages of protest are common [Read More...]
The Island of Tabarca – Marine reserve and Pirate cove - The island of Tabarca – Here be pirates! (well, there were pirates, a while ago) I couldn’t quite contain my excitement once I found out that the little island of Tabarca off the Santa Pola coastline was once a pirate stronghold. A few weeks ago, on a wet and windy day in Granada, we decided [Read More...]
Exploring the Gardens of Carmen de los Mártires - There is a secret oasis, just across the road from the mighty Alhambra. The Carmen de los Mártires gardens. Carmen de los Mártires has been home to dungeons, a place of torture, a place of worship, and a palace, depending on which century you look at. But don’t let the doom and gloom fool you
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Everybody wants to see a cat – Alhambra Cats - Niall and I love cats. It’s just a fact of life. Neither of us can go past one without commenting, coaxing squeaking or attempting to cajole the little one over. So I’m going to open my heart to you today. Our beautiful little cat Ed died suddenly just 7 days after we left the UK. [Read More...]
The Alhambra – Top 5 Things you should not miss - If you speak to anybody who has been to Granada, actually just anybody who has heard of Granada, they will all ask the same question “What did you think of the Alhambra?” Although we prefer to find hidden gems rather than queue at traditional tourist traps we’re not so silly as to miss experiencing The [Read More...]