Category: The Itineraries
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PARIS- QUICK & DIRTY
If like me, you are fortunate enough to live in the UK, you can visit most countries in Europe in a day or a weekend, itinerary depending, and have a good time of it. Paris you can visit for a good few hours, quick and dirty: a coffee on arrival, an exhibition, lunch, a cocktail…
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FLORENCE in 120 Minutes- ESCHER
On the way home from the dreamiest of places with a couple hours to kill, Florence was a whistle stop and it was fortuitous that an exhibition on Escher was on in the Museum of Innocence, up the road from il Duomo. Which it turns out was all we had time for. ESCHER: a visionary…
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LONDON- PAUL CÉZANNE
There is a reason I continually visit Provence and its simply because I want to be near the mastery of Paul Cézanne. I have never known a more evocative artist, one that plays with light and mood in a way that is both romantic and dramatic but awfully quiet. The current exhibition at the Tate…
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EDINBURGH, THE ENDEARING
You know how everyone has a happy place? Well Edinburgh is that place, that happy place for me. Besides the book festival which is the best time to be there because the city is buzzing, but never crowded, the city makes you feel like a part of it; like you are among kindred. Winter is…
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SHORT STOPS | LISBON
When the world opens up again, we are going back to Lisbon because we are in need of something soothing to be charmed by and if there is one thing Lisbon has in spades, it’s charm. Here’s the short stop for a long weekend: STAY H10 DUQUE DE LOULE Av. Duque de Loulé 81-83, 1050-088…
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Amsterdam | A Short Stay
Getting There: Easyjet from Gatwick | BA from LHR | Ryanair from Stansted- 1h 30m flight time max. Currency: Euro Culture: happy go lucky, used to be a stag haven but there is more to Amsterdam than cheap beer and the red light district. Local transport: Tram and trains are very reliable. Bicycles are everywhere…
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The WKND | Galleries, Mexican, and Good Coffee
What are we doing this weekend? A question with a million answers, in London, you can do anything pretty much because there is too much to see and do, but we’ll start with these three things and you can take it from there. For Culture & History I raved about it here but you need…
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Prague | Bohemian Heart
Prague used to be the place for yobs on a piss up lousy weekend stag-dos, those who want cheap beer and cheaper thrills, but a lot has changed from those days thank heavens. Today we can appreciate the beauty of a city filled with grit and heart. Prague. It’s the quiet charmer at the heart…
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Santa Eulalia, Ibiza
Party island or chill zone, Ibiza has earned a bit of a reputation as a place to wild out just like Kate Moss and her posse have on occasion but far from the parties there is so much more to do on the island, believe it or not its family friendly and not a bad…