News From the Assignment Fairy
It’s that time again when the Assignment Fairy determines our fate and we prepare to be flung to a far corner of the world in service of Queen and country. […]
Author Archives: Sarah
Mist and Macchiato in San Marino
Sometimes the main event is not what you suspect. It’s time for another Ryanair weekend. It’s been a while my Budget Carrier friend; how I’ve missed you. This time the […]
India? Again? Really?
What am I thinking? How on earth did I manage to get talked into returning to India so soon, AND to pretty much the same places as last time? Am […]
Finding Entertainment in Waiting
I’m early. I’m always early. I arrive through ticket check, passport control and security scan with 10 minutes to spare before the 30 minute pre departure check in deadline. I’m […]
New Year, New Plans
Travel planning is consuming my weekend – just how I like it! Amazingly, I was able to cancel the whole China trip without recourse to claiming on insurance; with the […]
Waving Goodbye
Today is the day we would be flying to China. Sometimes life events overtake plans. Those plans could have been carefully laid months in advance, or (like ours) have been […]
Christmas Travel, Sponsored by Airmiles
I have over 160,000 Airmiles. I LOVE Airmiles. I collect Airmiles through Tesco and studiously ignore the temptation of free money to spend in store, or free trips to Legoland […]
10 Days to Go…
10 days to go, and I’ll be in Malta! I’ve booked flights and accommodation in two different parts of the island, and will be there from Saturday to Thursday. A […]
Birthday Travel Planning
I had thought long and hard about being away for my birthday. In the months leading up to N going away, I had been absolutely adamant that I didn’t want […]
Home Alone – What to do and Where to Go?
Well, here we are. Home alone with several long lonely months ahead devoid of company (cat doesn’t count), devoid of adventure (work doesn’t count), and devoid of excitement (mowing the […]
Girls Plan Turkey!
A friend recently asked me where I would like to go most from the places where N has already been. Unhesitatingly I said ‘Istanbul’. The thought of Istanbul is thrilling […]
Toilets and Tribulations
Some good friends once bought me a book called Toilets of the World with the inscription ‘Saw this and thought of you’ which I hope referred to the ‘of the […]
‘To the Glorious Health of Lenin’
The letters stand high on the roof of a crumbling building on the shore of Lake Issyk-Köl in Kyrgyzstan. Our Russian speaking friend translates them as roughly ‘To the Glorious […]
A Day Out in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
I have to admit I’m a bit of a fair weather skier in as much as I enjoy it, but only when conditions are good, and I get tired (and […]
Skiing in that well known resort – Karakol in Kyrgyzstan
Central Asia. Not every European’s destination of choice when looking for somewhere for a spot of skiing. The resort of Karakol is about 10km out of the town and comprises […]
Two Nomadic Brits 