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An afternoon spent wandering in Painswick, Gloucestershire

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An afternoon wandering around Painswick in Gloucestershire Situated in the famous Cotswold hills, surrounded by some of Gloucestershire’s most delightful countryside is the historic wool town of Painswick. Our house sit with Harvey and Red was under a mile away so we …

Posted in England, Love and Travel, Luxury | Tagged beacon, Bistro, blog, bloggers, buildings, cardynham, carole, cheese, church, cotswold, cotswolds, country, countryside, dinner, edgemoor, England, english, glos, gloucester, gloucestershire, goats, heritage, Inn, JKRowling, lunch, marys, painswick, paul, posh, roast, rural, stone, street, travel, trees, views, village, way, yew | 3 Comments

Saga Sapphire Cruise Ship

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Cruising with Saga Is it just for the really old? The name Saga has always been associated with the elderly, and now that we are over 50 we wanted to see for ourselves if this cruise line is really just …

Posted in Cruising, Luxury, Travel advice and information | Tagged age, asia, balcony, best, britannia, burgess, cabin, captain, carole, companies, cooper, cruise, cruisers, cruises, cruising, customer, deck, dining, discovery, dover, drawing, elderly, embarkation, England, excellent, explorer, fish, food, fusion, inside, julian, lounge, love, loyalty, luxury, maintenance, offer, old, outside, passengers, paul, points, pool, promenade, quality, quirky, reception, saga, sapphire, service, seven, shoal, spa, space, tommy, verandah, welcome | 10 Comments

Balmoral Cruise Ship Day Visit

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Fred Olsen Cruise Line and the Balmoral Cruise Ship Our Day visit by Paul and Carole The cruise industry is growing at an alarming rate and focus is mostly on what is new and exciting. Cruise ships are getting bigger …

Posted in Cruising, England, Love and Travel, Luxury | Tagged avon ballindalloch, balcony, balmoral, bar, british, cabin, carole, chocolates, coffee, cruise, cruising, dining, dover, England, entertainment, fine, fred, grill, holiday, inclusive, information, itinerary, length, library, lido, line, liverpool, lounge, marquee, Neptune, newcastle, ocean, olsen, owners, panoramic, paul, restaurant, review, room, rosyth, sea, seafood, service, ship, Southampton, spey, steak, suite, tonnage, vacation, view, width, wifi, world | 30 Comments

Sofitel Hotel London Gatwick Airport Review

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Sofitel Hotel London Gatwick Airport Review We had an early morning flight from Gatwick Airport before we embarked on our Caribbean Cruise on the MSC Opera, so decided to stay near the airport the night before. There were two in …

Posted in England, Hotels, Luxury | Tagged accomodation, accor, air, airport, airways, atlantic, aurora, carole, coffee, comfortable, conditioning, double, England, gatwick, hairdryer, hotel, hotels, information, kettle, location, london, north, paul, reception, review, room, safe, sofitel, standard, tea, terminal, tour, virgin | 9 Comments

MSC Opera Cruise Ship Review – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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MSC Opera Cruise Ship The Good, Bad and the Ugly! We joined the MSC Opera Cruise Ship in Havana Cuba and sailed around the Caribbean and Central America. We have cruised many times before but had never cruised with MSC. We …

Posted in Cruising, Cuba, Luxury, Travel advice and information | Tagged 11, 13, 5, 6, arobats, bad, balcony, bar, breakfast, Byblos, cabala, cabin, carving, casino, company, cruise, cruising, cuba, dancing, deck, dell'Opera, dining, dinner, disco, eleven, entertainment, experience, fantastica, five, franscisco, fruit, good, havana, jacuzzi, l'approdo, la, lines, lobster, lounges, maestra, mediterranean, msc, ocean, opera, patio, piano, Piazza, pool, restaurant, review, san, ship, shipping, shows, sierra, six, spinnikar, swimming, Teatro, terminal, theatre, thirteen, twelve, ugly, view | 32 Comments

2017 – The Year Paul and Carole travelled to Mars!

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2017 The Year Paul and Carole travelled to Mars! Last year we published a post called 12 Trips in 12 Months showing our adventures of 2016. Now that we are coming to the end of 2017 we have put together …

Posted in Camping, Cruising, England, Festivals, Greece, Hotels, Love and Travel, Luxury, Spain, Thailand, Travel advice and information | Tagged 2017, accommodation, aldgate, apartment, arbor, arena, bangkok, blog, bruno, camping, capervan, caravan, caribbean, carole, castlr, centro, chang, chatrium, chiang, city, clearwell, collaboration, costa, cruise, cuba, dean, del, dorset, east, elephant, forest, fuengirol, holiday, hotel, ideas, information, khao, khum, lak, london, lychett, mai, marathon, mars, motorhome, msc, nature, o2, park, paul, phaya, review, riverside, sol, south, spain, sunborn, sunset, tips, travel, travelled, travelling, yacht | 36 Comments

Our stay at Clearwell Castle – by Paul and Carole

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Our stay at Clearwell Castle by Paul and Carole Ever wanted to stay in a castle? Well we did and have now managed to fulfill that dream. We had the opportunity to do this when our niece Samii married …

Posted in England, Hotels, Love and Travel, Luxury | Tagged accessories, accommodation, amazon, bank, baynham, castle, clearwell, cubes, day, dean, dunraven, elegance, fairy, fairytale, family, forest, glos, gloucestershire, grounds, hotel, information, love, luxury, marriage, packing, planning, power, princess, queen, review, room, stay, suite, tale, tour, unique, venue, vereker, video, wedding, weddings | 37 Comments

Arbor City Hotel, London – Paul and Carole’s Review

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Arbor City Hotel London Paul and Carole’s Review We spent 5 nights in London, the purpose of our trip was to watch Bruno Mars and the London Marathon. Our first stay was at the Sunborn Yacht Hotel as it was close …

Posted in England, Hotels, Luxury, Travel advice and information | Tagged accessories, accomodation, aldgate, amazon, arbor, balti, beggar, blind, breakfast, brick, bridge, city, club, coffee, cubes, curry, east, eastend, eastern, England, eye, hotel, house, information, italian, lane, london, marco, new, packing, pierre, pub, restaurant, review, station, tower, tube, view, white, whitechapel, york | 38 Comments

Sunborn Yacht Hotel, London – Paul and Carole’s Review

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Sunborn Yacht Hotel, London Paul and Carole’s Review We stayed at the Sunborn Yacht Hotel for 2 nights on our recent trip to London. If you have visited our blog before you will know that we love cruising, …

Posted in England, Hotels, Love and Travel, Luxury | Tagged 1027, accessories, accomodation, alternative, amazon, arena, bar, Boat, britain., classic, cubes, deck, dock, dockland, England, Excel, floating, great, greenwich, hotel, information, london, newham, north, o2, packing, paulandcarole, review, river, room, royal, ship, sunborn, sundown, thames, victoria, water, yacht | 44 Comments

Day out at Nikki Beach, Koh Samui, Thailand

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Day out at Nikki Beach Koh Samui, Thailand Our hosts at Baan Sijan Hotel, Simon and Janya recommended we visit Nikki Beach, and we are so glad they did, and have now visited 3 times. Called the “Sexiest …

Posted in Hotels, Luxury, Pubs/Bars, Thailand | Tagged advice, beach, brunch, club, day, earth, evian, excellent, food, indulge, indulgence, information, koh, lipa, luxury, nathon, nikki, noi, out, party, place, review, samui, sandwich, saxophone, sexiest, steak, sunbed, sunbeds, sunday, sunset, sunsets, swimming, thailand, water | 60 Comments

Hotel Review – Baan Sijan Villa Resort, Koh Samui, Thailand

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Hotel Review Baan Sijan Villa Resort Koh Samui, Thailand Baan Sijan Villa Resort is one of our favourite places to stay when we visit Koh Samui, an island off the east coast of Thailand. We had our 5th visit in …

Posted in Hotels, Luxury, Thailand | Tagged accommodation, baan, balcony, bangkok, bar, buffalo, chaweng, coconut, coconuts, excellent, family, food, friends, hosts, hotel, koh, location, luxury, Monkey, monkeys, nathon, nikki, pool, rental, resort, room, rooms, samui, sijan, singapore, songtheaw, swimming, taxi, view, views, villa | 56 Comments

Marina Bay Sands Hotel Review – is it worth the expense?

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What is it really like to stay at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel? We had been dreaming about staying at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore for many years but never could justify the expense. However, for a special …

Posted in Hotels, Luxury, Singapore | Tagged 37th, 57th, accessories, afternoon, amazon, bay, breakfast, champagne, check, class, club, Club55, cocktail, concierge, cruise, executive, first, floor, gardens, grand, happyhour, hotel, infinity, information, limousine, lounge, luxury, marina, merlion, park, pool, review, room, sands, singapore, sky, taxi, tea, terminal, time, tower | 80 Comments

Jen Orchardgateway Hotel Review Singapore

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Jen Orchardgateway Hotel Review Singapore We had just enjoyed a fantastic trip around South East Asia, including a cruise and were on our last stop before heading back home to England. We arrived at Changi Airport, after a short flight from Koh Samui, …

Posted in Hotels, Luxury, Singapore | Tagged accomodation, asia, bay, breakfast, club, gardens, gateway, hotel, infinity, information, jen, lounge, luxury, marina, orchard, orchardgateway, pool, review, road, room, singapore, swimming | 11 Comments

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