I loved the water feature, which I’d probably call a pavement fountain, at Custom House Square in Belfast. The water feature was just around the corner from the Malmaison Hotel where I was staying during the Belfast leg of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. The 84 water jets are powered by the River Farsett [...]

I visited the Botanic Cardens in Belfast during the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. It was rather a brief visit which only encompassed The Palm House and the amazing flowerbeds outside. There’s also a Tropical Ravine, a kids playground, a rose garden and walking routes. It’s free of charge to visit the Belfast Botanic Gardens [...]

On the Belfast stop of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour, I spent a morning at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. I only had time to visit the Folk Museum where there’s a recreation of a typical Irish town from around 100 years ago, called Ballycultra. The video below is of the pub, hardware [...]

Estonia is full of cute surprises and in my (perhaps) favourite Estonian town, Tartu, there’s a great one: the Tartu Art Museum which is housed in a really crooked building! It’s right in the centre of Tartu near the town hall, and although I don’t actually know why the building has ended up on such [...]

During my first week in Zagreb, I was intrigued by the rows and rows of bright red hearts that were stocked in many of the shop windows. I assumed it was decoration for the upcoming Valentine’s Day celebrations, but the hearts stayed on way past the 14th. After a little research, I learnt that these [...]

Now although I’m not a fan of fairground type rides, I loved my ride on the Belfast Wheel during the Belfast stop of the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. The Belfast Wheel also known as the Belfast Eye is located next to City Hall. The Bellfast Wheel, next to Belfast City Hall Below is the [...]

It as though Nessie was emerging from the waves at the shore llne as we approached our local beach at Spittal, I thought she had decided to have a break from Loch Ness and come to holiday in Bewick upon Tweed in the north east of England. Maybe we’ll have to rename her “Tweedie”?

Birmingham was the first stop on the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. I arrived in Birmingham on the evening of Wednesday 22 July and made my way to my accommodation in the penthouse at the Staying Cool Apartments on the 20th floor of the Rotunda in the city centre. I was absolutely wowed by the [...]

On my first evening in Belfast on the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour I visited two very different bars. The Apartment is a trendy modern bar just across from City Hall. It’s glass fronted so there are great views over the illuminated civic building after dark. They also serve food and if you eat there [...]

Cafe Tempest, written by Barbara Bonfigli, is a fictional novel about Sarah, an American writer and theatrical producer. Sarah currently lives in London, spending her fourth Summer holidaying on the Greek Island of Pharos. Sarah ends up spending longer than anticipated on the island due to the venue of her forthcoming show becoming unavailable. She [...]