Paris, a bit like London, is somewhere that we both have visited a fair few times in fact we will be passing through the city another three times before the end of May! The weekend itself was not really about seeing the sights, although we did not 'do' many we did 'see' many of the major sights as we wandered the streets, or took a bus around the French capital with our friends, Julie and Paul, who are living in Paris for a year in an apartment within spitting ...

The extended Easter break allowed us time to visit Malestroit in Brittany, France in order to check up on our house in the attractive town, enjoy some time exploring this part of France and preparing for the visit of friends at the end of May. Our weekend however started in Southend-on-Sea in the UK as this happened to offer the best cost combination of hotel and transport to/from France for us. The Friday morning flight from 'London' Southend International Airp...

This is my fourth (or maybe even fifth) trip to Gdansk in northern Poland. I am pretty sure most people have an image of the city that includes shipyards and the striking workers from the late 1980s. It is true that the shipyards make up part of the city. There is now a huge museum that is dedicated to the birth of 'Solidarity', the union that effectively ended communism in Poland and eastern Europe, which was led by Lech Walesa who also become the president of ...

Having enjoyed a trip to southern Poland in late 2015 the Cheeky Boys (myself, Spencer, Roy, Gavin and Kev) had some zloty left in our pocket so it was decided that a second trip be had. Poland is a great country to visit on a number of levels; 1) it is great value for food, hotels, transport 2) plenty of great food and drink options (a good reason to visit anywhere in my book!) 3) stunning architecture 4) friendly people Part 1 of the trip took us to the cit...

This is my second visit to Lisbon, the first was on a 'boys trip' and this time myself and Heather travelled with six friends. I was impressed with Lisbon on the previous visit but was even more impressed this time. What a great capital city Lisbon is.It has much more than just custard tarts and historic trams to offer the weekend visitor, although both of those were of course fabulous! Flying from Manchester to Lisbon with TAP Air Portugal was a two and three q...