When I went to Petra on a day trip from Egypt back in 2009, I always knew I wanted to go back and do Jordan properly. That time finally came last September and we began our adventure in Amman, J...
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One bad thing about my Philadelphia work trip was that I couldn't share the fun parts with Olly who was at home working. Philadelphia's Magic Gardens were definitely the one thing I wish he cou...
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One of our breaks last year was on the Isle of Wight, where we headed mainly because we were going to the Isle of Wight Festival which is held every June (pandemic, aside) on the island. ...
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Last September I jetted off to a new US city, Philadelphia, not because I fancied a holiday there, but because my work is headquartered there. But! I did luck out and the Monday was Labo(u)r Day....
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As you know, I'm a bit of a foodie. If that's also your thing, you might want to know what I thought of all the places I ate at in Philadelphia. (Spoiler, I wasn't that impressed with the food sc...
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I first saw it on an episode of Somebody Feed Phil and thought it looked like such a cool space - when I made it to Philadelphia's Magic Gardens on a work trip last year, my verdict wasn't wrong...
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Back in November we jetted off to Iceland for a long weekend for Olly's 40th birthday so we could tick something off his bucket list. Here's what we got up to on a rather adventurous long weekend...
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Here we go again. How to holiday in New York City. Aka The Big Apple. The city that never sleeps. A lot of the info still stands from our week there in 2019 - post here - but here's all the love...
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Ah, food. New York City has plenty of amazing places you can eat. Which I have blogged about before . So make sure you have a look there. But, if you're after a more up-to-date list, here's where...
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You can obviously spend so much longer than a mere day in Brooklyn, but if this is your first time visiting NYC, here's a good taster day exploring the city's trendiest borough. Read more »
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The marvellous thing about New York City is that you can get that true NYC feeling by simply soaking up the atmosphere and having a mooch around. And you don't need to spend a penny (or cent) to ...
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So a slightly misleading title. I've praised the High Line before here , a 1.45 mile walk stretching from Hudson Yards to the Whitney Museum of American Art, but I also want to share the two "ex...
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WHAT HAPPENED: A pretty quiet month really. We headed to the theatre to see My Neighbour Totoro, which was our first introduction to Studio Ghibli, can you believe! It has a very impressive stagi...
WHAT HAPPENED: We headed to the ballet to see Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands in January (excellent), made a trip to the seaside (Hove; pictured below), checked out Banqueting House (skip it...
https://ellefield.blogspot.com/2024/02/tmtw-january-and-february-2024.html
As always when we're in New York City, we saw some art. We did repeat the MET and MoMA - 2019 posts here for the MET and here for MoMA - so I'll mention those after the new places we went to. T...
Let's face it, I could have made this 500 fun things to do in NYC but, unless you live there, that's probably a little too ambitious. So, here's five fun things we did on our last trip to the Big...
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WHAT HAPPENED: Definitely felt like a more action-packed year or, maybe, life returned to normal post-pandemic. Not that a post-pandemic life prevented me from getting COVID again in the summer. ...
https://ellefield.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-year-that-was-2023.html
I'm sharing my favourite books that I read in 2023 - these are the books I read for the very first time in 2023, and are ones I rated 5* on Goodreads (listed in no particular order) - there's no...
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WHAT HAPPENED: December, as always, was about Christmas festivities. Notable activities included seeing Elf on the West End, going to the Festive Fayre at Hampton Court Palace, and celebrating Ch...
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NYC is a city that needs to be seen from up above, so every time I'm there I like to take in the city from a new high vantage post. Which is why this is part two - part one can be found here , if...
https://ellefield.blogspot.com/2023/12/new-york-city-from-above-part-2.html
WHAT HAPPENED: Olly tuned 40, so we headed to Iceland for a long weekend to celebrate. As we did a lot of the more touristy things when we were there in 2019 , this time we did a few more unusual...
https://ellefield.blogspot.com/2023/12/tmtw-november-2023.html
WHAT HAPPENED: I headed to Philadelphia for work, and got to sneak in some tourist things. Blog posts coming soon (ha, along with all the rest!) on the non-working elements of the trip, but I hav...
https://ellefield.blogspot.com/2023/11/tmtw-september-and-october-2023.html
Stockholm, Sweden's cool capital, and where I celebrated my birthday this year. We went for 5 nights, which was more than enough time to explore at a more relaxed pace than we usually do, but you...
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In Stockholm you're going to find some excellent places to eat, and I'm going to start with the best place: Ekstedt . Which, I confess, is a real treat to go there, and one that you're going to n...
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When you're in Stockholm, there's definitely a lot of things you can see and do. Here's seven fun things you should put on your list the next time you find yourself in Sweden's capital: R...
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