Cycling holidays in France are a delightful way to explore parts of the country where wide open space is refreshingly abundant. Rolling hills, family run accommodation and charming villages greet you along the road, together with stunning scenery that includes gorges, beachside cliffs and verdant woodlands. If you are at the age, where unwinding on [...]
The world is full of spectacular sights and landscapes, plenty with a rightful claim to being heaven on earth. Yet many of these awe-inspiring locations have become a little over-exposed, so much so that any similarities to paradise have been tainted by mass tourism, environmental degradation and over familiarity. So here is a guide to [...]
Had a hard day at work? Boss getting on your nerves? Exhausted from the early mornings and late nights of the continual daily grind? Counting down the days to your next vacation already? I know the feeling. It’s been a long winter hasn’t it? Yet my next vacation still seems like a distant blip on [...]
Getting away from the grind and taking a vacation to relax and de-stress used to be a luxury that families had to save hard for to enjoy. With prices dropping, budget flights increasing our travel options and work becoming increasingly demanding, getting away from it all has become less of an extravagance and more of [...]
You have taken the long life leap of faith and gotten married to the love of your life. Marriages are tricky institutions with some failing but there are many ingredients to a prosperous and successful marriage. Many couples agree that keeping the romance alive is one sure way to keep a marriage great and apart [...]
My favorite fridge magnet of all pretty much sums up the parlous state of my financial affairs right now. ‘I started out with nothing and I still have most of it’. Know the feeling, when there’s too much month left at the end of your money? Tell me about it. Where did it all go [...]
