The gatehouse in Parc Guell; good enough to eat! On the Gaudi trail again so a visit to Parc Guell is apparently a must-see. A bit of a traipse from the metro station and...
Mum’s Gone to Barcelona – Day Three – More Gaudi
La Pedrera – or Casa Mila – an apartment block designed by Gaudi. I’m stuffing myself at breakfast and suddenly a suave, attractive man saunters over and introduces himself to me as the General...
Mum’s Gone to Barcelona – Day Two – Gaudi
Slept really well last night, probably thanks to the quadruple-size Irish Coffee I had as a nightcap in the hotel bar. Hubby had a huge malt whisky so he was comatose as soon as...
Mum’s Gone to Barcelona – Day One – Hotel Regina
Funky room, courtesy of my mate Jose. Strange poster on wall….a bra?…pair of glasses? There’s something rather odd about getting up at three in the morning to go on holiday; piling cases into the...
Mum’s Gone to Iceland – Day Fifteen – Going Home
My favourite view of Iceland – Thingvellir – just heavenly. Pack our bags for the final time this morning to head off to the airport. After seven hotels we’ve got used to living out...
Mum’s Gone to Iceland – Day Fourteen – Golden Circle
Strokkur blows its top… Iceland’s big tourist attraction is the Golden Circle, a tour of three spectacular natural phenomena that are the must-sees of any tourist visiting the country. We were meant to do...
Mum’s Gone to Iceland – Day Thirteen – waterfalls
You don’t notice the rain when the Skogafoss waterfall is thundering behind you….. A long journey to our final hotel and we have a choice of route. Our travel company suggest we drive the...
Mum’s Gone to Iceland – Day Twelve – glacier hiking
Svartifoss – a beautiful sight and well worth the climb to see it The last of our pre-planned activities – a 3 hour glacier hike, which is classed as “easy” on the...