After visiting Florence earlier this week (beautiful but busy – the throngs of tour groups definitely took the edge off its magic for me although the buildings were breathtaking), we spend yesterday exploring the medieval walled city of Lucca, whose…
Magical Corippo
After our time in German-speaking Frutigen, we headed south for a few hours to Locarno, in Ticino, the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. I’ve already shared the video of our spectacular journey through the mountains, and the change from the alpine…
#1day12pics – a photo an hour in June
I’ve been wanting to join in with Michelle and Emma’s #1day12pics photo day for about three months, but something has always got in the way. This month, the date fell right at the start of our Europe road trip and…
Alpine loveliness
We’re well into the second week of our Europe road trip and most of our time so far has been in picture-perfect Switzerland. We spent three nights in the mountain town of Frutigen, about half an hour from Interlaken. We…
When the journey’s as good as the destination
A journey that’s as good as the destination from Heather Young on Vimeo.
Sorry…
Yesterday there should have been a post here as part of a blog hop from LapinBlu, but technology has beaten me. We’re in the first week of our month’s road trip round Europe and my wifi connection has been considerably…
Etsy’s Best… Camping buys
Our Europe road trip is just a week away, and so camping is firmly at the forefront of my mind (despite also battling a mega work deadline). Spending 30 nights under canvas is no small feat, and I think any…
Pink bedrooms for girls and boys
Thanks for the great response to the first in my series on gender-neutral kids’ rooms last week (kicking off with the easily gender-neutral colour green). After a chat on Twitter, I decided to take up the challenge to prove that…
5 easy gift-wrap ideas for kids’ presents
You know how it is – you suddenly realise you’ve got a present to wrap for a child’s birthday and you’re out of decent wrapping paper (happens frequently here). Grab yourself a roll of brown paper (I always have one…
Green gender-neutral kids’ rooms
Having boy girl twins that share a room means that we’ve had to find a decorating scheme for their bedroom that suits them both (see the bright shades in our Penguin-books-themed nursery), but even if this wasn’t the case, you…
Our Europe adventure
Three weeks today we’ll be packing our car to bursting with our camping gear and setting off on a month’s road trip round Europe. To say our planning so far has been minimal would be an understatement! However on a rare…
Blogtacular: Finding my voice
The Library – the perfect place to mingle I felt pretty lucky at 4.15pm on Saturday when I took my seat on the Secrets of the Editors panel in front of a sea of friendly faces in the Faraday Theatre at…