Lux StopOver: 12 hours in Manchester, England
I had first visited Manchester in 2008, a year before I moved to the UK. Seeing as I was making quite a big commitment in the name of love (and…
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Lux Hotel Review: Sani Dunes, Halkidiki, Greece
My first visit to Halkidiki, in Greece’s mainland, in 2015 was pretty great – a part of the world I had heard very little about but really liked from the…
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Our health update – a family loss, post prostate cancer and resuming IVF
It was a big decision to share last year that we were about to begin our third round of IVF. Nevertheless, it was absolutely the right thing to do –…
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Lux StopOver: 18 hours in Vancouver, Canada
My time on this trip to Canada’s British Columbia was at a premium – after a pretty perfect day in Victoria, it was time to head to the big city:…
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Lux StopOver – 12 hours in Birmingham, England
On a recent UK road trip, which started in Manchester, with stops in Liverpool and Chester (which were very pleasant surprises), our final overnight was in Birmingham, the UK’s second…
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A perfect day in Victoria BC, Canada
Looks for ideas of things to do in Victoria BC? Here is my one-day guide to Victoria Vancouver Island I have been promising myself a visit to Canada’s West coast…
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My IVF Journey – Round 3
The title of this post – my IVF journey – gives you a little hint of what I am writing about today. It is incredibly personal – and has, of…
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Lux Hotel Review: Belmond El Encanto, Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara Hotels: welcome to the Belmond El Encanto, undoubtedly one of the best hotels in Santa Barbara. To this day, I haven’t had a Belmond experience that wasn’t really…
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A hotel to remember: a review of Asia Gardens Hotel & Thai Spa, Spain
I can never have too much Spain in my life – I think my love for this country is well documented on this blog, and when Sovereign challenged me to…
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