What a unique, crazy, dynamic, stunning and dramatic city New York is, all of the superlatives rolled into one…and more! You might think you know it as you have already been a few years ago, but the City is constantly changing, growing and re-inventing itself that there will always be something new to do or …
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When you think of South America, you are probably thinking that Peru has Machu Pichu, Argentina Buenas Aires, Brazil has Rio and Columbia has Pablo Escobar…so what about Ecuador, what does this country at the centre of the World have…the short answer is EVERYTHING!! From the colossal altitudes of the Andes, down to the tropical …
King’s day in the Netherlands gives us a 4 day holiday to make use of, and as things were still a bit chilly at the end of April then getting away to the heat is just what we needed. Our chosen destination was Kuwait, plenty of sun, sea and lots of heat, with a lot …
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This Easter we found ourselves at home in Valencia wondering how to best enjoy the long weekend that had been gifted to us. It is so tempting to just stay at home and enjoy the Valencian sun, but this also means that Matt will end up working in the garden for several days. So we …
Literally our home away from home, the Province of Valencia provides our wonderful Spanish base for this part of the World…135 km of beautiful sandy coastline, 2700 hours of sunshine per year, orange trees as far as the eye can see and of course the home of Paella and Rice. With this blog we’ll give …
The Philippines is inundated with beautiful island locations, so choosing just one spot for your special occasion, be it honeymoon, anniversary or birthdays (or all three!) will take some time as there is so much to choose from! Nonetheless, for us the choice was easily El Nido, to do two of the events listed above …
The Italian film director Federico Fellini is meant to have said that “life is a combination of magic and pasta” and after our recent visit to Venice nothing more sums up this quote than this beautiful, floating city. To be honest, much of our OOO travel is lead by food, connecting a series of breakfasts, …
At the top end of the Eastern Caribbean lies a verdant island that, whilst just under 90 km2 in size manages to pack in two different countries: the constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – Sint Maarten; and the French overseas collectivity – Sint Martin. How this came to be, is a story of centuries …
Over 100 years ago the Spanish government, in the early days of chasing the tourist dollar, embarked on setting up a network of luxury hotels that would take the visitor to oft unvisited parts of Spain that were a hidden gem to make a detour for. Typically housed in castles, monasteries, palaces and other historic …
Perpignan is a lovely little French city tucked away at the foot of the Pyrenees just a stone’s throw from France’s border with Spain. In fact this Catalan city has moved backwards and forwards between the two countries to give it a unique Franco-Spanish flavour. We usually get to pass by Perpignan on our regular …