edinburgh, scotland

At the beginning of May 2010, I took L2 to Scotland. It involved long walks, castle adventures and visiting an entirely underground city. Edinburgh was, in short, amazing. Key thing to do - read One Day by David Nicholls while visiting the city. If that doesn't inspire you to climb Arthur's Seat, I dub you officially insane.

isle of man, uk

Rain is a necessary evil in the Isle of Man. While you have to bring your wellies and raincoat - it's one of those places that is incredibly lush and amazingly vivid colours. An easy location to shoot.

It's been on the top three places I've wanted to visit since I was a child. Last year, Liam took me for my birthday and despite the mixed weather, or perhaps because of, it was everything that I thought it would look like.

stockholm, sweden

At the end of May, I broke my Sweden ban to visit an old friend in the city. Needless to say, I felt quite silly about my ban after hours and hours of sunshine, colour coordinated museum exhibits (that haven't even started yet) and the super friendly people. Scandinavia never disappoints in its beauty.

I couldn't be prepared?!

so L2 and I are horrible about booking trips in advance and often get caught spending more money than we should on flights/hotels/practical things. Last year, we decided and booked going to Romania two weeks before.

So this year, we were so on-board when we found that easy jet was having a super sale (25% off all flights) and booked our week trip to Italy for September. Flying into Rome and out of Pisa. Hopefully going to Cinque Terre in there too! I've never been to Italy (which is surprising) so I can't wait!!

Image of Tuscany via

escape to the continent?

to commemorate the eurostar 6th anniversary and to increase the tourism onto the continent, eurostar is offering £59 return tickets to Paris. I'm thinking it's a perfect escape for L2 and I on my birthday weekend in August! Two hours and perfectly wonderful city sounds like a good summer weekend. And maybe Brugges in July?