I woke up a little earlier than planned, so didn't need the alarm. This usually happens when I set the alarm, not sure why. Anyway, a nice shower and hair wash and I felt ready to face the world, well, breakfast anyway.I went out to the lift to see a very scruffy man already in there. No choice really but to join him! Breakfast was in a tiny little room off reception. The whole hotel has a lilac theme going on and,whilst a little rough around the edges, every...

Wow this has been a long trip.I decided that I didn't need any breakfast and had a bit of a leisurely start to the day. The manager has agreed that I can have a late 1pm check out, free of charge and then they will look after my luggage in a locked room until I am ready to go.So, I have to go back to the mall.The mall is practically empty, you can almost see the tumbleweed blowing across the floor.The lady in Macy's is very apologetic but welcome...

This is the start of my third travel blog. My destination this afternoon is Heathrow airport, travelling by National Express from Poole. It's actually a relatively pleasant journey to make, not quite so good on the return journey though. I hate that part! I have once again opted for a 4* Mystery hotel and once again the Sherlock in me had deduced correctly that it was to be the Sheraton. Elementary my dear Watson!Well it was a painless journey and we ar...

THE DIARYOF A SINGLE CRUISE VIRGIN24 MARCH 2012Well as those of you who know me well know, I wasn’treally in the mood for this little jaunt – too much going on inside my head atthe moment. Those of you who do not know me so well, let me enlighten you. Workhad become more and more fraught recently, people leaving and not beingreplaced, more and more work being piled onto each of the remaining workerbees, much the same as anywhere I suppose. I was copin...

                         March 22ndJust to give some background to my travels.I booked this holiday direct with Uschi at Rancho Las Cascadas in July 2009 for the following March . It was a piece of cake really, all done over the internet with Paypal. I even got it at that year's prices as long as I paid by a certain time. This was my first experience of Uschi's customer care - excellent!The flights were booked direct, Pr...