A night in an EasyHotel!
And now for something completely different…. A night in an Easyhotel! And before you ask, it wasn’t me – Mr P stepped forward to take on this challenge! Whilst it doesn’t quite fit into the niche of my website, a hotel room for £40 in central London in the Christmas party season should…
View PostPenelope and Parker in February
February has flown by at a terrifying speed… click here for the full flipagram of the best bits (needs a little time to load – the…) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna Parker (@annaeparker) Countless times this month I have thought spring was here, and then the next day we’ve…
View PostLost in translation – food allergy travels
Lost in translation – I have been wracking my brains for something for this months travel link up with Kelly, Rebecca, Emma and Sam and I just couldn’t think of anything. Normally if I am out of the UK I am either with colleagues that take the lead or worse still the locals…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 26 – Cotswolds Cycling and Camping
May is a great month for getting away for a long weekend as in the UK we have 2 bank holiday weekends in May, hot of the back of the 4-day Easter weekend! In 2010 with a group of friends we visited the Cotswolds – it was a great location as it is…
View PostThe Chedi Muscat
The Chedi Muscat had sat on my bucket list for a long time, well before this little blog and we treated ourselves to a visit a few years back! Happily the whole experience was as good, if not better, than the reviews said! It is an iconic hotel – not least this view. It is…
View PostExplore the Elements
One of the reasons I started my blog was to share my photos, because more than anything else it is the photos that tell the story and keep the memories alive! We have tens of thousands of photos and I love an afternoon looking through them! Thomas Cook have put purpose into this week’s…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 25 – Honeymoon in St Lucia
The final leg of our South African tour took us over to the east coast of the country, up near to the Mozambique border – to a small town call St Lucia. We had toyed with going on to the Maldives, but it felt like a bit of a cliché, so instead we…
View PostFantastic foodie night in Winchester – The Black Rat and The Black Bottle
So – last year for Mr P’s birthday we were lording it in 5* luxury in the middle of a desert. This year I had it all to do to try and match that treat – I needed to find a perfect birthday dinner as we didn’t have holiday planned this year to…
View PostPenelope and Parker in January
Where did January go? It’s the 7th February when I am writing this and we are already rattling towards March! Time does go quicker as we get older!! This is the first month in a year when I haven’t taken a photo every day of the month – oh what a release it…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 24 – Honeymoon Safari!
Our next honeymoon stop was a spot of safari! We had a few days at Isibindi Eco Reserve. Strangely some might think, I didn’t opt for big 5 safari, instead picking a small reserve where it was going to be more about the experience than what we saw. It was also en route…
View PostThe benefits of blogging
Another great travel link up from Kelly, Emma and Rebecca – as well as guest host Sara! The unexpected benefits of blogging! I’ve only been blogging for 18 months but have already stumbled across plenty of benefits that I certainly hadn’t thought about when I wrote my first musings! With any hobby or interest, it has…
View PostCountry weekend at The Crown Inn
#Take12Trips got off to a splendid start this weekend! We enjoyed a thoroughly relaxing time at The Crown Inn, in Elton, on the Cambridgeshire / Northamptonshire border. I hadn’t been able to arrange the Parker diary to visit in December as hoped so we had been looking forward to a wintery mini-break for a…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 23 – Honeymoon in Lesotho
Having already enjoyed Stellenbosch and Cape Town, the next stop on our mini-tour of South Africa was to the Drakensberg. I found us somewhere to stay that was so unique that I couldn’t believe it was as good as it was! I’ve already written a review for A Southern Gypsy which I won’t repeat…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 22 – Honeymoon in Cape Town
After a peaceful week relaxing and enjoying wine in Stellenbosch we joined our friends! Many would think it strange to share a honeymoon with others, but it was a great part of our trip! And there is no better way of seeing the best a city has to offer than with locals! Two…
View Post2015’s challenge – #take12trips
2014’s challenge was to take a photo a day for 365 days! It was a real challenge, good to look back on now, but at times really frustrating! An accountants life is not always the most exciting. Thankfully I only took pictures of my cups of tea on a few occasions! So for…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 21 – Honeymoon in Stellenbosch
As private garden spaces go, this verdant spot at a Boutique winery in Cape Town is pretty damn perfect! This was the garden outside our cottage at Camberley Wines. As you can see the cottage comes with a lovely labrador (the owner’s, but he seemed to like the sunny terrace and the view…
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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…
View PostMy year in photos – Project365
Here they all are! All 365 days of my life in 2014! I can say with extreme certainty that I am never doing this challenge again! It’s look Pretty impressive when they are in one place all together! It was certainly a busy year, but I have to say – I couldn’t be…
View PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 20 – Paris
Paris is always a good idea! And as luck would have it we are back there next month – I cannot wait! It’s just a long weekend, and it is bound to be chilly – but there isn’t much better than time away with my husband seeing the city – we’ll be wrapped…
View PostThe final 31 pictures of project 365
I was excited about December! Not only was it the end of my photo challenge, but I also didn’t need to get on a single plane! For someone with a serious case of wanderlust and a love of staring out of plane windows looking at clouds, that was a clear sign that October…
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 PostBest of 2014
What I have loved (and, frequently hated) about this year is that I have captured and recorded a photo for every day of the year – just one left to go for tomorrow! I’ve put them all in one place if you want to have a rapid look! It’s been interesting, and flicking back…
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 PostFlashback Friday Travel Photo Memories 19 – Dorset “I do”!
This is one of my favourite photos (and days)! Given the camera we had at the time – it is even more amazing! Mr P was in the process of changing jobs but had some time on his hands – so he’d done a bit of ‘shopping’! Before the new job started, off…
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