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New Year’s Eve Celebrations in Cornwall

January 1, 2014July 11, 2016 Europe, Partying, Tradition, Travelling, United Kingdom celebration, cornwall, costume, fancy dress, looe, new year, NYE, party

This year I decided that my NYE celebrations would be very low-key as my Iceland trip and the run-up to Christmas has been pretty expensive, so I decided to hold back for New Year. My

Warm or Cold Christmas?

December 25, 2012January 26, 2013 Asia, Beaches, Blogging, Childhood Memories, Food and Drink, Partying, Tradition, Travelling christmas, climate, festive, party, snow, travelling, white christmas

Whether Christmas is best celebrated in a warm climate or cold climate is a topic often discussed by travellers. The opinions of most tend to depend heavily upon where that traveller was raised. It is

Colours of Carnival, Tenerife

March 13, 2012February 20, 2014 Europe, Partying, Tradition, Travelling canaries, canary islands, carnaval, party, santa cruz, spain, tenerife

Everybody knows about the Rio Carnival, right? Even people who have no intention of ever visiting Brazil can tell you that every spring the streets of Rio de Janeiro come alive to the seductive sounds