Got back yesterday afternoon after an amazing four-day weekend in Wales. The weather was dreadful, as you might expect for a March weekend in North Wales - but I had a great time ( Read more... )

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How about now?

Now?

Is it June yet now?

I need it to be June already. I have a Take That concert, a holiday to Portugal and Wonder Woman awesomeness to look forward to. June cannot come quick enough.

For some reason the past few weeks I've really been pining to go to Disneyland Paris. I'm not sure why. I mean, fair enough, one never really needs a reason to want to go to Disney, whichever country it's in - but even so, I'm been particularly pining. I thought part of it was just missing my regular trips to America to visit my friends - since my ( Read more... )

One thing you can always rely on in England - when returning from holiday, whatever time of year, whatever time of day, the weather will always suck. Just to reinforce what you're leaving behind. 'Tis raining. Joy ( Read more... )

I'm off up to Edinburgh tomorrow, for my first trip to the Fringe festival. I've wanted to go for ages - it always looks like so much random fun ( Read more... )

I've been having beach cravings all day, I don't know why.

The thing is, I don't even really like going to the beach. Given a choice between chilling and sunbathing by a pool or at the beach, I'll pick the pool every time. I don't like hot sand or the way the sand gets everywhere or drying salt water on my skin and I hate the sensation of ( Read more... )

I had a lovely couple of days down in London with a friend - I was scheduled to be at a work training course at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich on Wednesday, so I decided I'd stay overnight and have a girly day in London the next day. Just my luck it was the hottest day of the year, and the Tube is hellish in the heat! But I survived ( Read more... )

I think I'm having American withdrawal symptoms. This is almost the longest I've been without a trip to the States in a decade or more. I was out in America in 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014 (yeah, I am so spoiled). I miss my American friends. I miss my American sunshine. I miss my American food ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was craving Chili's chicken enchilada soup like you wouldn't believe. This morning I really wanted IHOP pancakes. Right now I could just take myself off to the Cheesecake Factory for a slice of peanut butter fudge cup ripple cheesecake, or to Cracker Barrel for some cornbread and honey butter ( Read more... )

Short version: I had an amazing time in Sicily, I think I ate my body weight in cannoli, the food was amazing, Sicilians are insane drivers, it was very quiet and the weather was just right.

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