12 hours in: Los Angeles
Sometimes the scheduling gods at work smile kindly… A project in Los Angeles, are you keen… I didn’t have to think twice! California in the spring – yes please! And yes, the beaches in SoCal are just about as American as it gets! Whilst Los Angeles is not somewhere I would choose to visit on…
View PostFlashback Friday 40 – AP:DC – Washington, my favourite city
I consider myself very lucky to have travelled to Washington 3 times with work, and even luckier to have friends that live nearby (thanks Emily for having me to stay) and family that have been fabulous tour-guides. In my visits I have decided that Washington DC is my favourite city – thinking about…
View PostFoodie delights in Maine
Lobster is plentiful in Maine, but look beyond the lobster and there is an incredible choice of dining for visiting foodies. We found a few treasures that I would recommend whole-heartedly. But first to the lobster… Surprisingly enough, I had never had lobster, and so our first night staying at The Inn at…
View PostStaying in Maine – room at the inn
Maine is a gorgeous US state – the little corner of it we’ve seen so far certainly is. Something of it that reminds me of Cornwall which is one of my favourite places. Not necessarily the sights and sounds (or the enormous scale of it), but more its pace of life and the…
View PostJet-lagged in Boston
Boston is a gorgeous city to visit and the obvious jumping off point for any visit to New England. We’ve spent a few days here before so at the start of our trip to Maine we chose to stay overnight, lose the jet lag whilst pottering, and see some other parts of the city…
View PostInstagraming Boston and Maine
We are back in the real world after our amazing trip to America, visiting Maine for the first time as well as a whistle stop re-visit of Boston – we had an itinerary full of gorgeous views and luxury yet personal accommodation. A real chance to zone out and reconnect. Hours, in fact…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel 30 – East Coast Road Trip
As you may already have read, we are shortly heading back to see a new piece of the East Coast of the USA – beautiful Maine – I thought it was apt to share memories as part of FBF of the last time we visited the east coast. You can read my tips…
View PostUnwinding in New England – our itinerary
We are on the countdown to our holiday now! May rattled past and here we are just a few (long) working days from some unwind and chill out time! I am known by many as the ‘Anna-planna’ – I revel in planning anything (but HATE being left to divide up the bills at…
View PostWhere to in 2015?
Strangely for us, we haven’t made many plans for 2015 yet. 2014 was an epic year of travel – 39 flights including visits with Mr P to UAE, Dubai, Venice, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Cornwall, Sardinia, Greece and Vienna…. We’ve no plans to keep up that pace this year, but we still have 12…
View PostLiving the #spglife in the US!
In the UK there aren’t many Starwood properties, but on a recent business trip to the States I was hard pushed to find anything but. Value wise they also sit surprisingly well, compared to other business-style hotels. Given I was on the move pretty much every day on my trip, this meant I…
View PostUPDATED Washington Dulles BA Lounge & the BA216 A380 home
Just a couple of weeks ago, British Airways opened its new Galleries lounge at Washington Dulles Airport, coinciding with the new BA A380 route between IAD and London Heathrow. As chance would have it last week I was flying British Airways business class to and from Washington and so was able to visit! Not…
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