Dear Hotel Madrid

Dear Hotel in Madrid welcomed us for a lovely city centre stay over Valentine’s weekend…who doesn’t want to spend the holiday of love sipping sangria and munching on tapas?! Well truthfully, we landed in Madrid for the football match although my suggesting my undying love for sitting at football matches was just a ploy to […]

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Tuscany Airbnb

We spent a week in October hopping all around Northern Italy with a quick (too quick if you ask me!) stop in the gorgeous rolling hills of the Tuscan countryside. I could easily  spend a week here sipping Chianti, sleeping in, long walks, maybe a book or two, probably more Chianti…does anything sound more serene? […]

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Yachting 101

HELM-YACHTS

I laugh as I title it that…because I don’t know the first thing about yachting, or truthfully where to begin advising you on the process! But I do know that I have found the most efficient, easy peasy, way to book your yacht adventures…with Simon and Peter at Helm. Seriously, they take the stress and endless […]

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Marchesi Antinori                                                 

Antinori, the family name that essentially is translated to wine. As in they basically run the show in Italy. Since 1385, yep that’s no typo, the Antinori family has been passing this tasty trade from generation to generation. There are seven estates across the Toscana and Umbria regions. We visited the Marchesi Antinori Chianti Classico, one […]

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Driving the Amalfi Coast

First things first, driving the Amalfi Coast may sound daunting and even a little life threatening (which truthfully, it probably is) BUT it is the BEST way to see it. Other than that, it is every man for himself on the narrowest, curviest, most dangerous and yet most beautiful roads in the world, or at least […]

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