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Family travel

  • The importance of gap year travel

    Tweet No 1 Son and I are currently having a debate about what he should do during his gap year; I want him to travel, experience the world and life (after he’s worked to…

    June 16, 2015
  • The most beautiful buildings in the world

    Tweet One of the things I love about travelling is seeing different buildings; even though we have some astonishing architecture in London, and I grew up here and have seen so many fabulous changes…

    June 10, 2015
  • Cool design in Helsinki

    Tweet Another of the highlights of our Baltic cruise last week was Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. The first time we visited Helsinki a few years ago it was scorching hot, which was a bit unexpected…

    May 29, 2015
  • 2 days in St Petersburg Russia

    Tweet So last week we were in the Baltic, which is one of my favourite places in the world – you get all that Scandinavian cool and fairytale capitals combined with dark, dramatic history, spectacular…

    May 28, 2015
  • Day trip to Lisbon and my airport shame

    Tweet The final port of call on our Spanish odyssey wasn’t actually in Spain at all – it was Lisbon, Portugal, again somewhere I’d wanted to visit for years; as soon as I saw…

    May 15, 2015
  • Day trip to Seville

    Tweet Just the word ‘Seville’ conjures up images of flamenco dancing, opera and oranges; I had wanted to visit the Spanish city forever, so couldn’t wait to explore it on our Spanish adventure last…

    May 14, 2015
  • Day trip to Palma de Mallorca

    Tweet One of the things I try to do as a traveller is keep a really open mind about destinations, and visit with as few pre-conceptions as possible. I know for example that many…

    May 11, 2015
  • Barcelona, La Rambla

    Sunday morning in Barcelona

    Tweet So, I spent the past week on two different ships cruising along the Spanish coast (I know, I know). Both very different experiences, but both trips began in Barcelona, a city I feel I…

    May 10, 2015
  • My top tips for taking kids on a family safari

    Tweet Safari is, I think, one of those must-do/wish list/bucket list type trips that every parent dreams of doing with their kids; what could be better than seeing their total amazement as they spot lions,…

    April 24, 2015
  • African skies… and trees

    Tweet Nothing can prepare you for the size of Africa; if you consider that Tanzania alone is the same size as the Netherlands, it sort of puts it on context. And what I hadn’t…

    April 23, 2015