Dubrovnik, Croatia

This post is current, for a change, because we got back yesterday! We needed a short break and decided to go straight after Easter. We left on Wednesday, April 3rd and returned Sunday, April 7th. It’s not easy choosing a place to go at this time of year that has the promise of some warmth …

SoCal Summer (final part)

From Palm Springs we were headed for San Diego and the original intention was to visit the Palomar Observatory on the way but a wildfire called Bonny near Aguanda put an end to that idea. Instead we decided to go via the town of Julian, a former gold-rush town that is famous for its apple …

SoCal Summer (part 2)

After a couple of hours delay getting away from Santa Barbara (waiting for someone to turn up and open the shop so I could buy the Aloha shirts mentioned in part 1) we finally hit the road and headed for Las Vegas. It doesn’t look far on the map but it’s a six-hour drive so …

SoCal Summer (part 1)

After a quick debate that Italy lost, and a realisation that we didn’t have many options of dates for our summer holiday, we decided upon and then booked a trip to Southern California (plus a bit of Nevada). We left July 20th and returned August 8th. Unlike previous USA trips, it was just the two …

USA East Coast trip – coronacancelled

When I said this “Coming soon! This summer, 2020, we will be adding new chapters to the Scattergood’s American Adventure – Washington DC, Boston, Salem, Cape Cod, Newport, Mystic, New Haven, Philadelphia & Chesapeake Bay. Seven new hotels, some flights and a road trip – so watch this space.”. What I meant was this “This …

America – hotel reviews

We seem to have got into a habit of visiting the USA in even years. We first went in 2016, then 2018 and now we are going back again in 2020. This is a review of the hotels we stayed in during the first two trips. In 2016, the itinerary was: NYC, San Francisco, drive …

Catching up – trips

I see the last post about any kind of trip or holiday was summer 2015 when we were in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, so here’s a quick catch up on where we’ve been since then. Athens – Feb 2016 USA – August 2016 UK – December 2016 Lisbon – Feb 2017 Suwałszczyzna – May 2017 Paris – …