Life's about experiences. These are mine.
So in answer to yesterdays question – where were all the people? The correct answer was in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios. We arrived at the park before opening time and people were already streaming through the gates with only one destination in mind. Very few were pealing off to go …
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It’s a mark of a good holiday that everyone is willing to get up early enough to reach the parks at opening time which, with two teenage boys, is no mean feat! Today we paid a visit to a family favourite, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and it was immediately obvious that something was amiss – where …
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The second day of our US holidays is always about finding our feet and shaking off the jet lag – this year was no different. Three quarters of our party were up and about and ready for a trip to grab some essentials from Wallmart – basically a larger, tidier Asda. I don’t want to …
So we have arrived for what I honestly expect to be our last family holiday in Florida (and yes that sentence has been very carefully worded!) Before writing this post I re-read my day one post from our last visit, how different it was for us this time. Instead of stepping off the plane to …
Just in case anyone thinks that I only went to Cardiff to pay homage to Russell T Davies or that there is nothing else there this post is set to put paid to that. Cardiff is a compact city and everywhere is easily walkable which is always a big bonus. There are probably three areas …
Russell T Davis has single handedly made Cardiff into a Mecca for geeks by filming Dr Who in the area and, even more so, by basing the spin-off Torchwood in the city. This weekend we joined them. The Torchwood hub was situated down in Cardiff Bay underneath the Millennium Centre. You could stand in the …
Well who would have thought it? It seems that there is more to see in Pisa than just a poorly built tower. I remember being surprised the last time I was here ten years ago at just how many fine buildings stand alongside the tower. Then we only had an hour here before we were …
Our last full day and we chose to spend it in San Gimignano some two hours away by car. The Italians are, on the whole, awful drivers. Frequently on the phone while driving they drive inches from the back of the car in front before pulling out to over take into oncoming traffic or at …
A day spent travelling to some of the lesser known places of the region today including Bagni di Lucca & Barga. We had decided to travel slowly and avoid the autostrade but hadn’t bargained on it being up the side of a mountain and on a road which when viewed on a map looked more …
For some reason we had decided that it would be a good idea to visit Florence today on a hot July Saturday, no other tourist was going to think the same now were they?! We got to the station in Montecatini Terme about 10 minutes before the train was due to leave giving us plenty …