Christmas & New Year cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria

Date of cruise : December 2018 Ports visited : Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Cadiz Our friends booked the 2018 Christmas & New Year cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria from Southampton. Unfortunately, we couldn’t join them for the whole event, but after spending our Christmas day with family in Spain we flew out to the…

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Alberts Restaurant, Cabopino Marbella

Date of visit : A regular haunt.. November 2019 the latest Alberts restaurant in Cabopino is our ‘go to’ venue for a fantastic Sunday Lunch in Spain, just as you would find it at home. With a choice of roast beef, lamb, pork and chicken accompanied by all the trimmings, and wonderfully freshly cooked vegetables,…

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Cabopino, Marbella

Our Studio Apartment…. We are very lucky to own a little gem of a studio in the port of Cabopino, near Marbella. We bought the studio in a rather run down state, but after sprinkling a little developing magic we turned it into the fantastic space that it is today. Boasting a wonderful location directly…

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The Elysium Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus

The Elysium Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus

Date of visit : September 2019 Our friends recently flew out to Cyprus to attend a family wedding, and decided to extend their stay in Paphos. They asked us to join them for the second week to eat some wonderful Greek food, and swim in the warm waters of the Med, so naturally we jumped…

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One night in Bergamo…

Date of visit : September 2019 Having been invited to join friends in Cyprus, Paphos, at the Elysium hotel (see separate post) we scoured skyscanner for the best connecting flights from Malaga. Nightmare! It was a choice of a 2am flight from Malaga arriving in Athens at 6am then waiting for a flight to Paphos,…

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