by Lillian Zahra | Jun 17, 2016 | Travel
I am currently reading my way through A Dance With Dragons: Dreams and Dust and have not watched any TV episodes so no spoilers please.Game of Thrones is set in the fictional medieval land of Westeros where the landscapes vary from bleak rocks of the Iron Islands to...
by Lillian Zahra | Jun 8, 2016 | Travel
In keeping with my “Frequent Flyer – a how to” post… when £16 return flights to Billund, Denmark popped up I booked them. My first visit to Scandinavia was a wonderfully relaxed weekend exploring small towns, green countryside and visiting...
by Lillian Zahra | Jun 3, 2016 | Travel
Afternoon tea is my favourite indulgence – I’d pick it every time over a three-course meal. I love how you can linger over the food, how usually prohibited white carbs are a requirement and how there’s never any awkwardness over having to explain...
by Lillian Zahra | May 23, 2016 | Travel
Our final stop in Vietnam. Saigon is a name that has been familiar to me since I was a child – it just sounds so exotic. The city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in 1975 but signage and the local people still refer to it as Saigon.The traffic is crazy and the city...
by Lillian Zahra | May 18, 2016 | Travel
Looking back, these days of the trip were my absolute favourite. Maybe because it was at that point where I’d been away long enough to forget about real life (/even know what day of the week it was) but where there was still enough ahead to look forward to not...
by Lillian Zahra | May 13, 2016 | Travel
Starting a blog post with a picture taken out of a toilet window isn’t something I thought would ever happen but Ha Long Bay was full of surprises. Two hours from Hanoi, the bay is a world away from the crazy city. As we approached the boarding point, the...
