Relaxing after travelling
That familiar feeling – coming back from a holiday or a work trip and life returns to its normal chaos. Straight. A. Way. Sometimes the aura of relaxed bliss (you know, the hard earnt stuff earnt on the beach by doing nothing, not even reading) has gone before even getting onto the M25 leaving Heathrow!…
View PostHoliday Blues? Let’s fix that…
So Mr P is a blogger too…. Just occasionally, for work. The content of this particular post is holiday related so he’s letting me share it from his LinkedIn page here on my own Penelope & Parker! I hope you enjoy a foray into the other half of the blog (that normally takes the photos)…
View PostLearning from travel: doing as I say
Any day away from home on an adventure or indeed when travelling with work is a learning day – whether taking in the culture, learning phrases in the local language, trying some new food or finding out something of the history of a place. I have already shared the life lessons I’ve learnt…
View PostLearning from travel: lessons in life
Travel as a teacher? When I was 20 I hadn’t been on a plane and last year I took near on 60 flights… Whilst I’m not as well-travelled as many, I’ve definitely been taught a few important things on my travels…. It isn’t necessary to go abroad to explore and relax – some…
View PostTruth in quotes & pictures – the sea
Anyone that has dipped into my corner of the world wide web can’t have failed to have noticed I am slightly obsessed by the sea, it’s my happy place! It appears I am not the only one to think this way, there is a plethora of quotes and sayings about the sea, and…
View Post1 more step along the world I go
One more step along the world I go… It is incredible how much changes in a year, as we travel from the old things to the new… The amount of things we do, the people we meet, the memories we make – 365 short days turn a year into something rather memorable! It…
View PostWishing on a star – 2016 travel
Limited hours of daylight and plenty of rain and cold. Winter is definitely here, and here for a while yet! This is always the time of year when alongside enjoying the festivities it is a good time to start to think about where the year ahead may take us. Top of this list is…
View PostTravel Linkup – favourite things
The Sound of Music is my all-time favourite film, still – as I reach my mid-thirties!! Imagine my delight when Kelly, Emma and Rebecca and their lovely co-host Frankie, The Mischievous Mayfairy, announced this month’s travel link-up was about our favourite things. Instantly I was humming the tune, followed swiftly by ‘Edelweiss’ which is my favourite. I wondered as I…
View PostQuotes to inspire wider horizons
I am sat here, mid September, with no travel plans. None for work. None for pleasure. I need to set about addressing that urgently for a mini-sun break in November and more in the spring, but until I get around to that I am stuck pondering the benefits of travel. I love seeing…
View PostPlaces to visit again
Travel – it’s all about seeing somewhere new? Right or wrong? Well, I guess in some ways it is – it is fantastic to discover a new place and fall in love with it, and it is motivational to have a bucket list full of more amazing places still to visit. But there…
View PostBlog hop – a look behind the scenes
It is always very rewarding to be recognised by other bloggers – especially those whose own work you enjoy. I spend so much time chatting to Kelly from “Around the World in 80 Pairs of Shoes” on twitter and instagram that I don’t spend enough time reading her blogs. I’ve just whiled away…
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