February.... The second of my ten cities to see in 2012 was Barcelona, the capital of the Catalan region in Spain. The two hour flight from Heathrow was smooth, as was the thirty minute bus ride from the airport to Placa Catalunya, where I met up with my cousin (resident in Barcelona). The temperatures (I don't 'do' cold!) were not much higher than the 0-2 degrees that I'd left in London, but the brilliant sunshine and basic fact that I was away was enough to ...

I decided during the last quarter of 2011 to visit a few more cities in the UK, Ireland and Europe... Beginning with a few sites practically on my doorstep in London, I have made plans to visit Barcelona, Dublin, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Oxford, Liverpool and many more. The target started at 10 but climbs every time I meet someone who suggests another great city/town that I should visit. Photos, videos and blogs will all be here, on my Tour of Ten Cities, 2012!

Skating at Somerset House, London was one of the many things I'd passed by on my way to and from Uni as an undergraduate. For one, it is outdoors/open air, and involves ICE. I don't do cold. It didn't matter how much fun my friends reported after playing on the ice, I couldn't find a reason to volunteer myself for the cold or the fear of falling. However....having recently spent a beautiful winter's afternoon shuffling, and after 45 minutes, gliding clockwise w...