Other Holidays

Other Holidays, where ever they may be.

Birthday Week

What a great week. A fabulous Korean meal from Ben and Graduation ceremony from Sam hosted by Sanjeev Bhaskar.

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The Return

For our last morning, we decided to focus on a scientific theme. We needed to decide between the Leonardo da Vinci Science Museum or the Leonardo 3 exhibition. Both had fantastic reviews. We opted for the latter as it was much closer and we fancied a stroll back to the

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Fashion and Food

We got up bright and early with a view to getting to the Pinacoteca da Brera as near as possible to its 8.30 opening time. We expected it to be busy for the first day of the Armani exhibition. This exhibition was planned by Armani himself before he died on

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Up the Duomo

On Tuesday, we had an indulgent lie in after our long day on Monday and then headed off for our first planned activity which was to be the art gallery in the Brera District. (Pinacoteca di Brera). The weather was looking OK .. for now! We set off on our

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A Protest in Milan

We went to bed early on Sunday night and set the alarms for 4:30 a.m. We woke up at about 3am and our bodies just seemed to say get up and go … no  point sleeping any more. So after about 30 minutes of trying to get back to sleep

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Victorious

As Sam and harriet were returning from their travels they were going to Victorius Festival in Portsmouth, mainly to see Jamie T. So Sue and I decided to go for the weekend and camp.

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London Trip

3 nights up in London as Sue was going to an exhibition with Eve and we thought we would stay up, do some sightseeing and then go to Chris’ NYO Prom!

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Brighton Pride

With Harriet and Sam away, we attended our first Brighton Pride. Arriving Friday, we enjoyed beers at Barley Mow and delicious pizzas from Pizza Face. Saturday, after a relaxed morning, we found a prime spot by Brighton Pavilion for the vibrant two-hour parade, enjoying the unity and positivity among the crowd.

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Foody Welsh Borders

Sue had booked a leather craft workshop ages ago (before I got ill) and had to delay it until now. So we planned our trip to conincide with a visit to see Colin and Jane in Hereford and then a drive down to see Ben. The Friday night turned into

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Helligan Gardens and Judith’s Birthday

After a very restful night’s sleep, we had a leisurely start to the day and waited for Judith and Ivan to arrive as it was Juduth’s birthday and we were treating them to a trip around Helligan’s Lost Gardens and lunch! After they arrived we had a cup of tea

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