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Jetlag, sausage feet, flamingos, missed exams and discovering Florida

So we’re back.  After an hour delay (and an upgrade!) we finally touched back down at Gatwick at 10am this morning.  My legs are a bit wobbly (and enormous – stuffing my feet back into my Birkenstocks after we landed was akin to wedging a large sausage into a thimble) and I’m pretty sure I fell asleep against the shoulder of a man I was sitting next to at Clapham Junction, but apart from...

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Tell me your disgusting secrets and win a car seat from Argos!

So I’m off on my travels again on Friday.  This time I’m heading off with Visit Florida to find out all about what Florida has to offer for families (I know, right, the things I do for you?  You’re welcome). Anyhoo, to keep you occupied while I’m away, Argos have very kindly offered me a fabulous car seat to give away. I ummed and I ahhhed but I couldn’t think of a good question...

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Tenerife part 4: the May festivities and the firework wars of Los Realejos

So I can’t quite believe it, but this is my last post on my wonderful trip to Tenerife.  I’ve saved the best until last for you, though, our wonderful opportunity to celebrate with the locals at the fabulous Baile de Magos in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is Tenerife’s capital and wowzers do they take their festivals seriously.  During the May festivities the streets are decorated with flowered...

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Tenerife part 3: it’s all about the food: mojo, papas arugadas and flan

The afternoon we arrived at Bodegas Monje was utterly stunning. The sky was a shimmering turquoise and the rows of vines glowed emerald green, rolling down towards the sea. What a gorgeous place. First up was a tour of the winery (meaning that we had to head into the gloom of the cellar… boooo.)  Still, I learned absolutely loads about wine making (the winery produce a stunning range of wines, mostly...

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The great bathroom purge of 2012

And so it came to pass that I dropped a contact lens in the bathroom.  Ick.  Said contact lens was instantly too fluffy to use (pink fluff – it’s our towels) and had to be thrown away.  Ew, I thought.  I’d better wash the floor. And so it also came to pass that I learned one of life’s truer lessons: if the water in the mop bucket smells vaguely of ponds, it’s too long since...

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Tenerife part 2: Mount Teide

Leaving Siam Park behind, we headed back to our ‘blogger bus’ and soon we were winding up and up on our way through Teide National Park, through weird lunar landscapes, enveloped in mist and clenching our buttocks slightly when passing cars on the narrow roads with a sheer drop on one side. Soon, we emerged into the sunshine, looking down on the blanket of cloud below Pronounced ‘teh-ee-deh’,...

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Tenerife part 1: the lush north, La Orotava and Puerto de la Cruz

Hola chicas! Okay, so now I’ve demonstrated the only two Spanish words I know (oh wait – and gracias too), I thought I’d give you a little insight into the gorgeous island that is Tenerife. I flew with Monarch into the south airport (nearly four and a half hours with a strong headwind from Gatwick), the first time I’ve visited since 1977.  Tenerife is known as the ‘Island of Eternal...

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Back from Tenerife!

I have SO much to tell you that I just don’t know where to start.  Undaunted by his first ever ‘alone in the house’ time, the Mad Professor actually managed to keep the place tidier than I ever do (and not burn it down OR kill any of my baby plants) so I’m feeling rather a lot of parental pride.  The Dude spent the week with his Grandma and threw up the whole time, still Grandma handled...

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Review: Blogging by Erica

I am pretty blessed.  I have a great bunch of friends.  I’m rather proud that my friends are all clever, funny, incredible supportive and all very successful.  Take Erica, for example.  I first met Erica on my first ever blogging trip – we’re both members of the ‘Disney 7′.  We all bonded over mojitos and have stayed firm friends.  At the time it was such a big deal that...

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The Mad Professor’s birthday and the four tier jammy creamy birthday cake

As birthdays go, I think the Mad Professor has probably had better ones (at least the start, anyway).  We all overslept and there was loads of shouting, jostling for bathroom space, yelling at the cat and stuffing down of toast (I did manage to write ’17′ in jam on his, at least…), with no time for pressie opening or even a quick round of the happy birthday song (we  like the Disney version,...

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