We went to Venice for a long weekend in May - we arrived in down pours. The Grand Canal had flooded and we spent ages looking for our hotel in pouring rain. Looking back know it sounds funny, but we were cold, wet and lost and not impressed. We found our hotel, we were staying at The Boscolo Hotel Bellini -…
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LOOK BACK: FIRST TRIPS – SPAIN, ITALY, GREECE, EGYPT
We first went on holiday together in 1999, we started with Majorca in Spain, We then visited Cagliari, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Athens, Rhodes and Cairo. This was before digital cameras - so this few pictures are scanned in. It was amazing to visit these countries. Egypt was a bucket list for me such a long time. Back…
So we choose to spend a long weekend in Paris and stayed at The Jardins Eiffel. We had seen some really cheap Eurostar tickets on offer. My first impression of Ashford, was that it smaller than I thought it would be. The cheap tickets made it feel like a cattle market, next time I will go from St Pancras Station…
The Bay Hotel was found by a picture online. It looked like my type of hotel, set in spacious grounds and surrounded by gardens, the 4-star Bay Hotel is located on its private sandy beach in Vassilikos, Zante. Bay Hotel guest rooms are decorated in neutral tones with modern furnishings. Again, this was a package holiday from First Choice Greece…