Our weekend began at Paddington station where we met up with Emma, Jay, Suzanne and Sam. Laden with baggage and snacks we boarded the train for our girlie weekend away to celebrate Emma's birthday. The journey was a breeze and watching episodes of Miranda, not only passed the time quickly but also had us in fits of laughter. We arrived in Cardiff full of excitement for the weekend ahead and checked into our quirky boutique hotel. Once we freshened up, we headed...

After a pleasurable and stress free journey from City airport we landed in Zurich and within less than 10 minutes we arrived at the Hauptbahnhof. Once we dropped our bags off at the lockers we did a small tour of this pretty and incredibly clean city. Later on we met up with Patrizia and Gundula and enjoyed several refreshing and well deserved G and T's on the balcony of Gundula's apartment. It was great to see them again and dissect the weekend prior that we sha...

TUSCANY We landed late in Pisa with Emma but we were filled with excitement and anticipated a fun and boozy weekend with all the girls. Soon our chariot arrived and we were whisked away by Patriza and Gundula, for an hour long journey in a cloud of garlic fumes. Gundula thought it wise to consume whole gloves of garlic on her bruschetta before leaving the villa. Yes, we have definitely arrived in Italy. Even though we arrived at the villa in the dead of nig...

We arrived in San Francisco and immersed ourselves in this fantastic and cosmopolitan city. The next few days were spent enjoying this vibrant and diverse city as well as indulging in the culinary delights on offer. We took in the sights on the hop on and off tour bus and tried four times, but the red shimmering beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge did not want to reveal itself to us. Instead, we were greeted with a thick wall of cold wet fog. Days 1-2 San Francis...

We met up with Patrizia at the airport in Barcelona on a beautiful sunny and warm day in December, A perfect way to start a fun and relaxing weekend. We made our way to the trendy and spacious apartment which was in the Eixample area and enjoyed a few hours of catching up and having a few beers before the Red Hot Chilli Peppers concert that evening. The concert was held near the Olympic stadium in Montjuic and since we still had to collect our tickets we headed o...