Lisbon – April 16

It’s amazing how time flies and already another year’s gone by! It’s Simon’s birthday this month and for a birthday treat I decided to take him away to Lisbon 🙂 We’d never been to Lisbon before so I thought it’d be great to try somewhere new and different and Lisbon happened to be perfect for a…

Valentine’s weekend in Prague – Feb 16

It’s that time of the year again when we all have to all of a sudden be romantic on one day of the year – Valentine’s Day! Luckily that’s not an issue for me as I’m a hopeless romantic! lol! 🙂 I surprised Simon for Valentine’s Day to a long weekend in Prague! We’d never been before…

Mykonos Sept 15

The last few months had been tough! I had had enough of my job and decided to jack it in, as I hated being there so much and found it soul-destroying, and decided to jump right in at the deep end and take the risky plunge of working for myself. Simon was working flat out with his job that…

IBIZA! Our second home! June 15

“Woah! We’re going to IBIZA!” We’re going to IBIZA!!! I’m so excited!!! We’ve been going to Ibiza now for a number of years and try to go every year because we just love this beautiful little island SO MUCH! There’s just something about it, I can’t quite put my finger on it. But it has something very…

Simon’s birthday treat to Rome :) April 15

It’s Simon’s birthday! 🙂 So, for his birthday I decided to take him away on a cheeky weekend to Rome! Simon’s never been before so I thought it would be good to take him there to celebrate 🙂 It was an early start from Gatwick Airport as our flight was at 8.25am. We were flying with…

New York – Aug 14 (part 2 to Las Vegas & New York)

“I wanna be a part of it: NEW YORK NEW YORK!” We touched down at John F Kennedy airport in New York after a 3 hour flight from Las Vegas and hailed a taxi to take us to Downtown Manhattan, where we were staying at the Hilton Hampton Inn on Pearl Street (again for the Hilton Honor…

Las Vegas & New York part 1 (New York – coming up in part 2) Aug 14

So this is going back a little bit but this was a big trip for us and a special one, as this was a birthday treat for Simon and it was the first time that we were flying in Business Class with British Airways (BA)! I had recently applied and received our British Airways Premium American Express card…