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Lisbon offers a subtropical Mediterranean climate, in other words, those long summers and short winters us pasty British folk are often in desperate need of. The city had been on my list for a while now, but summer prices had kept my twitching booking finger at bay. However one of the joys of not having […]
As sure as death and taxes is rain in Scotland, and lots of it. My obsessive checking of the forecast was, it turns out, a pointless waste of time. The forecast changed from sunshine to showers roughly every four hours. In fact the word ‘changeable’ couldn’t be bandied about anymore, I was more certain to […]
Cheap flights. That’s pretty much the main reason I chose Oslo as my first foreign city break in over two years. However in all the excitement of finding flights for just shy of £100 on a May bank holiday, I neglected to do proper research about where exactly those flights were taking me. I knew […]
I love visiting Ibiza’s San Antonio sunset strip, Mambo, Cafe Del Mar, Golden Buddha or even down to the bay for Kumharas and you are treated to not only the sunset but a party laid on especially for it. Last night though I decided to see a different view of it and head out of […]
El Kiosko can often be overlooked. Found along the bay road, but without your usual PR dragging customers in, it tends to be full of those that are seeking something different from the usual bars you find in San Antonio Bay. With the clientele are all there of their own free will, this is always […]
Did you know there are two UB40’s out there? I know confusing, right? And with Duncan (original frontman Ali’s Campbells brother) looking very much like Ali on the posters, for those who didn’t know the history and hadn’t done their research until shortly beforehand (head down in shame) you might think you were seeing the […]
I have long listened to the stories of Blue Marlin’s epic Sunday parties, but in all my years here have never managed a visit. So when a friend offered a lift there, I decided to ditch my plan of Space opening and give something new a try. I presumed it would be a more sophisticated […]
