When the Air France invite to the Gerard Bertrand harvest celebration in Narbonne arrived, my eyes glazed over a little… for France, you see, is my probably my most favourite country in the whole wide world and being whisked away for a weekend there with one of my very best friends was almost too good to be true. It was only…
48 hours ain’t long… but I always think I’d rather have even a short time somewhere new than no time at all. So I’m darn well gonna be making the most of it and cramming in as much as possible. So here are my tips for a weekend in Berlin wearing that Zalando capsule wardrobe carry on we talked about…
One night in the Bordeaux countryside. And if I could have stretched that one night into a week I would have believe me, but that one night alone at Les Sources de Caudalie was pure bliss… We flew from Edinburgh to Bordeaux direct and hired a tiny car to nip around. After two nights south in Biarritz we were back…
If I could transport myself right back to the vineyards of Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, deep in the Bordeaux countryside, right now… I would. Secret cellars and 100 year old bottles and hand crafted barrels and French sunshine and delicious tastings and bike rides through the vines and a stone’s throw from my new favourite hotel… … top – Zara …
To be completely honest Helsinki wasn’t somewhere that was on my bucket list and probably not somewhere I’d ever really considered as a destination until I had the chance to go there. Even when I was taking the short flight from Edinburgh to Helsinki with Finnair, I wasn’t really sure what was in store. But in fact what awaited was the…
