The Daydreamer Goes To: Hotel Metropole, Monaco

Imagine another world, a foreign planet, a bubble where life is good and easy, where even mundane, every day activities are a joy: driving is made more than comfortable thanks to cars with leather seats, tinted windows and a driver; eating is exciting because the food bursts with flavour and is cooked to perfection by… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: Monaco

Here are some Monaco snaps! It’s a beautiful place with a distinct ‘French Riviera’ vibe, but the people are what up the ante. Their clothes, their cars, their attitudes – all rich beyond belief.  Above: the back of the famous casino  The cave before rounding the corner to the Palace    Above: Did you know… View Post

Travel in Style

  Tomorrow I’ll be sharing my Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo experience with you, but today is all about the Heli Air Monaco helicopter transfer from Nice airport to Monte Carlo (and back). I’ve never been in a helicopter before so I was a little nervous about the flight. I needn’t have been – it was… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: County Wicklow, Ireland

After Dublin, we headed south to the Powerscourt Hotel Resort Spa, which is located in County Wicklow, a thirty minute drive away. Mr Man and I arrived with Jake the Cob late afternoon and as soon as we stepped inside the Palladian-style hotel we were smitten. The reception desk was situated in a huge space featuring… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: Dublin, Ireland

After Belfast, we stopped very briefly at the Cliffs of Moher (we did a seven hour round trip in the car to see them – turned out to be a huge tourist spot so we left pretty quickly. If you do want to see the cliffs, plan on going for at least a night, and… View Post