Boondock Puffins

What can you do in France if it’s been a long work week? One idea is to head for a quick break to Annecy, the well-known and beautiful alpine, lakeside town in the south east of France. Famed for it’s cobbled streets and quintessentially French old town, it’s an ideal escape. To see a full… Read more

Getting up early following the Feria de Sevilla was a test of all our energy levels. Nevertheless, Tom and I went for an early morning walk around Seville while we waited for our friends to wake up and shrug off their hangovers. We were only in Seville for such a short amount of time, and… Read more

On our second day in Spain, we embarked on a poolside circuit in the baking sunshine… too bad it was an empty swimming pool though so we couldn’t jump in afterwards! After a repeated avocado on toast breakfast, we piled into the car, played a variety of tunes on the way (including several throw backs,… Read more

We arrived into Sierra Nevada late on in the evening, about 10pm. In true stereotypical Spanish style, our local friend was fashionably late to collecting us, at 11.30pm we set off from the airport, tired, desperately hungry and happy to be in Spain! As it was so late in the evening, we weren’t left with… Read more

Unless you want to swim in the sea without losing your toes to frost bite that is…! Driving into La Ciotat, you catch glimpses of the sea every now and again until you finally arrive at the beautiful old harbour filled with quintessential boats intermingled with some more flashy looking day cruisers. In the boatyard… Read more