Girls long weekend away in Genoa!! Travelling with Natalie! We arrived in Italy on Friday lunchtime. Dumped out stuff off at our hotel, Continental Genoa and headed into the town to investigate. We walked down narrow cobbled streets, with small nooks and crannies leading off of them and finally found the harbour. The harbour mainly consists of restaurants and bars, but also has the Aquarium, the largest in Europe. The Continental Hotel is fairly good locat...

Day trip to Nicaragua with the wonderful tour guide, Tony. It was an early start (we headed out before breakfast!) but after travelling for a while in our minibus we finally stopped in Liberia for brekkie. First, we stopped to view 2 active volcanos which were located just outside the Nicaragua border. We then moved onto the border, which was an experience in itself. Due to the border being used by drug traffickers coming from Columbia, heading to the states, s...

2 weeks of pure bliss in the beautiful Costa Rica! We stayed at the Allegro Papagayo Hotel in Guanacaste. It was a real treat to find various HUGE Iguanas residing at the hotel, and the cute White Faced Monkeys in the trees by our beach. I have never seen grasshoppers the size of the ones here, on average they are 6/7" - MASSIVE! one even had the audacity to jump on my chest! The Racoons at night were cute, even if they were rummaging in the bins! We saw a ...

Usual family annual trip to Turkey. The Hopkins crew stayed at the Mares Dolphin Hotel in between Izmir and Marmaris. We had a great day out onboard our own boat. It was great cos the man let Jake 'drive' the boat, plus showed him how to fish.

This was my 3rd visit to Tryavna, Bulgaria. Visiting Aunty Val, Terry and the boys. This time I travelled alone, which wasn't too bad. Fortunately Aunty Val and her friend Debbie were waiting at Sofia airport waiting for me when I arrived. Even if they were hiding to make me think they has forgotten me! A pure chill out week, mainly in Tryavna but also visiting Gabravo and Veliko.