Food, wine, shopping, opera, sightseeing, oh and even more food and wine! I've just returned from an amazing weekend in Parma Italy, and wanted share with you, what I think are the top highlights whilst you are there. Parma is a northern city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. It has its own airport, I travelled in from Heathrow on a BA flight, taking only a couple of hours. It's fairly small, as cities go, and therefore easily … [Read more...]
Family Fun at Disneyland Paris
Today's post on We Blog Travel is a guest post, by one of my favourite bloggers, Nikki from Stressy Mummy. This is her second visit to Disneyland in Paris, and so she has kindly offered to tell us all about her trip this summer. If you want to see more hints and tips she has written a great post on her own blog about all of the 'must do' things you need to do whilst you are there. Nikki, over to you :Five years ago, we made our first visit to … [Read more...]
A James Villa Holiday in Cyprus
Having just spent a week in Cyprus, I am completely spellbound with the whole island. It is full of contrasts - from the cuisine, the landscape with archaeology and ancient churches, to the vibrant bustling and noisy commercial new areas surrounding Paphos. Quite a harsh landscape in the mountainous areas, but beautiful unspoilt beaches too. It was hot, scorcio in fact (can you tell I have GCSE in meteorology!) I was surprised to see … [Read more...]
Cypriot Food
We have been eating our way around Cyprus, thanks to an amazing holiday we have just returned from, in collaboration with James Villas. In this post, I wanted to give you a flavour of what Cyprus has to offer. Cypriot food is so incredibly varied, tasty and fresh. It has many influences, especially the cuisines of Greece and Turkey, but also Byzantine, French, Italian, Catalan, Ottoman and Middle Eastern cuisines. Everywhere you go on the … [Read more...]
Day trip to Marseille
Last year, I was lucky enough to be invited on a cruise by MSC Cruises, reporting for Cruise International magazine. It was MSC Armonia's inaugural sail after its extensive refurbishment and lengthening, which took place in November 2014. The ship sailed from Genoa to the Canary Islands, although I disembarked at Cartegna, Spain. You can read the full review of my trip over at Cruise International magazine, but one of the … [Read more...]