Edinburgh Festival 2010 – Newsrevue, Holyrood Tavern and Ruan Thai

Every year I like to head back over to Edinburgh for a night at the Edinburgh Festival. I love to visit at this time of year because it was during the festival, 13 years ago, that I moved out of home and down to Edinburgh for my first taste of student life.

I always like to go over in the first weekend because (as I’ve mentioned before) I like a bargain and the first weekend the festival tickets are 2 for 1 :-) Read the rest of this entry »

Free Hotel Night in Glasgow with CitizenM – my review

I was on Twitter the other day when I saw a few Tweets advertising a free hotel night in Glasgow. I looked at it and thought..hmmmm…can this be right? My curiosity took over and I clicked on the link. It turns out CitizenM were opening up their first hotel outside of Holland and were looking for testers to stay one night (over a period of 4 nights) and give their feedback once it was over. Read the rest of this entry »

Accommodation in London – Strathmore

A few months ago we took a wee trip to London. We like our long weekends in London because it reminds the Fiance of when he lived down there with work and it reminds me of the visits I used to make to him and the museums I went to, shops I shopped in and cafes I ate in while he was doing said work! Them were the days…. Read the rest of this entry »

A weekend in London visiting friends

I’d been promising to visit London for a good year so when 2010 rolled in and I still hadn’t book I figured it was time to get my act together. So this weekend myself and the Fiance packed our bags and headed down for a long weekend. Read the rest of this entry »

A Weekend in Arran – Looking for Spring!

Every year when it gets to January I start to get a bit grumpy with the weather and start to look to booking our first weekend away to try and get the first whiff of Spring. This year I decided I would fulfill a promise I have made to myself every year for the last 5 years and finally make it over to the Isle of Arran.

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