Coldplay, Wembley, London, June 19th 2016!

Coldplay!!

The last of Massachusetts!

We were only spending 2 days in Boston, a quick different break before heading to the Big Apple.

Boston

Well hello USA!!

About 6 months ago was searching through sky scanner, as you do, as found these amazingly cheap flights to US with Norwegian from Gatwick, which for me is only 30 minute train away, so much better than going to Heathrow!

Anyway, on to Boston and New York for a week it is!

Prague, a city break away!

Quite a while back my uni friends and I started looking at dates for a ling weekend away, we live all over the place around Spain and Uk so it was important to book very far in advance.

Ship Ahoy!! It's the Caribbean!

So when your currently sitting in Hairdresser waiting for your Babylights to take it's always a good time to do some writing!


So, todays topic, cruising. I am lucky enough to have a performing older brother who happens to have bagged a contract on board Royal Caribbean Allure of the Seas playing Sam in MAMMA MIA. So when us family members are allowed to join for a silly price, it's like a no brainer.

 

Acropolicious Athens day 2!

Even though it was about weeks agonow, still hadn't got round to carrying this one on! But so much more to see and explore!

Great, so near the hotel (hotel fresh, Athens) found a good area FULL of the best cocktail bars, restaurants, I'm afraid the names in Greece are a bit mad and can't even remember what it is called now! oh well it will come to me... have a look!

  

So during the day walking around spotted this restaurant, Eat at Miltons, had to be visited at night, the food and everything turned out to be amazing! Food by Michelin star Chef Alain Parodi, but the prices were very affordable!

Calamari

Yes, got given this tray with bread, a tomato and oil, had to peak at the Greeks on the table next door to make sure we were allowed to just chunk it up and eat!! Yum!

And then of course, the all famous Moussaka,

There was also a lobster ravioli we ordered that went down great with cocktails!

Scattered back to the roof top bar at hotel...

The roof top bars in Athens are the best way to take in the amazing view of the Acropolis. Speaking of wich, its day 2, and so Agora it is.

 Now this is really something else, so glad got to do this, for me definitely the highlight of Athens

On to the Acropolis museum, which is literally down from the Acropolis. This was a separate entrance fee of arround 5/6€. 

Tehee! I do love Greek/Roman coins!! :)

Athensss!

Hadn't got round to this, busy time of year with work and also lots going on, but time to reminisce and show you a part of Greece. At the end June went over on the nearly 4 hour flight to mainland Greece first, Athens, and then to Chania in Crete.

Photographic Summary and what I got up to in Athens!

Very early flight, had to get taxi from Brighton I think it was something like 3 am!! Oh dear, anyway. After long tube ride to city centre from Hotel (allow at least 50 minutes!) Charged into getting some grub, was much past lunch time when this happened and it's always grab first thing you see on day 1!

This is what we were presented! Actually most people were sitting and eating this. Souvlaki. Not like the greasy after-hours kebab that we all know too well and wish we hadn't eaten! Kebabs and Souvlakis in Greece are another story!

After lunch done, time to try to get our bearings!

Have a walk around the small streets of Plaka and enter the Agora, of course number one attraction in Athens. Actually the way they charge you the entrance I thought was pretty good idea, all the archeological areas, that are scattered around the city, you buy one ticket that is valid for 4 consecutive days, the cost of this ticket is 12 euros and free for students and then every time you enter they just tear a section of the ticket off, so they are all included in one ticket valid for 4 days!

 

One thing I discovered in Athens is OH MY GOD HOW ABOUT THAT FOR A COCKTAIL BAR!! The best rooftop terraced cocktail bars!! On top of the Monasteriki square lies 360, a must visit!

So hows this for a view!!

More to come folks!! Wish was back there now, what is up with this UK summer this year!! Help us... Night :)

Berlin, Day 2

Day 2 Starts with Coffee and cake, good eh?

Before heading to Checkpoint Charlie and Charlies Beach

 

Berlin Art

 

And on the way to the East Side Gallery a quick stop for yet another sausage and beer! haha

  

And here it is, East Side Gallery, the longest part still standing of the Berlin Wall.

 

A walk through the park back to the Tor to catch the sunset!

:)