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Visiting The Grand Canyon: An Overnight Trip from Las Vegas

September 3, 2016

Top 5 USA Road Trip Highlights

January 3, 2016

USA Travel Diaries: Exploring Boston (Part 2)

December 19, 2015

USA Sept 2013: Going quackers in Boston and an alternative Freedom Trail

December 16, 2015

USA Sept 2013: Vermont, New Hampshire (again) and Massachusetts in 48 hours…

November 14, 2015

USA Sept 2013: Bye to New Hampshire, Hello to Vermont!

November 9, 2015

A New Hampshire Fall Road Trip

October 23, 2015

USA Sept 2013: Discovering Maine – Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park

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There are few better things to do in Brum on a Sun

There are few better things to do in Brum on a Sunday morning than take a stroll along the canals from the Jewellery Quarter towards Brindley Place, finishing off with brunch from @jujuscafebham. You’re always guaranteed wonderful food and the warmest of welcomes.

Even if @cpf_photography does insist on calling it Madame JuJu’s like some sort of venue of ill repute 😂

#brunch #brunchinbrum #brunchinbirmingham #jujuscafebirmingham #jujuscafe #bham #wheretoeatinbirmigham #bhameats #birminghamfood #brumbloggers #birmingham #bhamfoodie #independentbirmingham #lovefood #believeinbirmingham #iluvbrum #thisisbham #brum #thisisbirmingham #birminghamlife #visitbirmingham #citylife #hellobrum #bigonbrum #citygrammers #abrummiehomeandabroad #brumlife #birminghamuk

We’re STILL banging on about the fact that we ha

We’re STILL banging on about the fact that we had to cancel our March 2020 Japan trip. So when we discovered new Japanese street food restaurant @helloraku57 20 minutes from us in Kenilworth we decided to pay a visit. And it was well worth the trip. Highlights were the delicious fried chicken, succulent slow braised pork belly and the takoyaki, drizzled with a moreish light sauce.

The concept of “small plates” certainly didn’t mean small quantities. We didn’t stop to see whether the couple sitting near us managed to get through their selection which seemed to consist of “everything on the menu”. They may still be there now.

#kenilworth #kenilworthcastle #warwickshire #warwickshirebusiness #japanesefood #japanesefoodlovers #japanesestreetfood #japanesestyle #kenilworthfood #raku57 #slowbraisedporkbelly #takoyaki #spicykoreanchicken #yakitori #kirin #japanesecuisine #belocal #supportsmallbusiness #independentbusiness #westmidlands #lovefood #bhamfoodie #abrummiehomeandabroad #abrummieeats

Happy St Patrick’ Day! Let’s face it, Dublin’s not a cheap city for a weekend away if you want to sample all of its delights. But what did we spend on our January 3 day break?

✈️ Flights & Hotel (Package) = £548.00/€618.00
🥔 Total spent on food: £149/€168
🍻 Total spent on drinks: £80/€90
🍀 Dublin City Pass: £62pp/€69pp
🍺 Guinness Storehouse: £30/€34pp (Stoutie Experience)
📖 Book of Kells: £16.50pp/€18,50pp
🚌 Dublin Express: £8/€9pp
🇮🇪 Free walking tour tip = £18/€20

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Time for reflection… It’s been a quiet month

Time for reflection…

It’s been a quiet month for me blogging wise. Things have been put on hold whilst I adjust to having a new job - I’m back to being the new girl again and having to learn lots of new stuff, plus I’m back in an office 3 days a week - quite the re-adjustment! But it’s only 37 days until our next trip so hopefully I’ll have found my blogging and insta mojo by then!

In the meantime, here’s a pic of the @libraryofbham, looking resplendent in the March sunshine, with lingering puddles reminding us of that spring hasn’t quite sprung just yet…

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We recently returned to our old JQ stomping ground

We recently returned to our old JQ stomping ground to celebrate my new job and decided to try out @tierratacos on the recommendation of @biteyourbrum. Tacos and tequila at lunchtime- what could go wrong? It’s a great place for a casual lunch, with an excellent selection of tequila and mezcal cocktails 🍸

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AD GIFTED TICKET | I never fail to appreciate that

AD GIFTED TICKET | I never fail to appreciate that my little blog enables me to indulge in one my favourite hobbies 🎭 This week @cpf_photography and I went along to see the wonderful @dylanmusical at @thealexbham (showing until the 11th Feb and then continuing it’s UK tour)

Whether you’re a Dylan fan or not, this is a powerful and poignant show. The raw and poetic performances will stay with me for a long long time

🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Chris is out tonight so this is how I’m spending

Chris is out tonight so this is how I’m spending my Monday night. After all, I’m expressly forbidden to watch The Last Of Us without him. So it’s Fredrick Backman’s The Winners and a huge hot chocolate for one. With a tiny splash of Baileys, naturally 😉

Who’s read the Beartown trilogy? I’m so absorbed in these two little Swedish forest towns, their ice hockey passion and their people. I don’t want the third one to end but luckily it’s well over 600 pages so I have plenty to go 😃

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Wow, 2023 has been a ride so far! 1. A lovely li

Wow, 2023 has been a ride so far!

1. A lovely little trip to Dublin
2. Ma Lee finally having 50% of her cataracts removed
3. Lots of opportunities to wear my new @emmieandmee hat
4. Rome blog post FINALLY published (4 months after the event)
5. Reached 1000 consecutive days of Duolingo Italian
6. Finally reached (and maintained so far) 1000 followers on Instagram 👋🏻
7. Got myself a new job. Same role (L&D), same industry (building stuff), new company and new challenges 😁

I wonder what Feb will bring?

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A January break in Dublin ☘️🇮🇪🥃 #dub

A January break in Dublin ☘️🇮🇪🥃

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In Dublin’s fair city… rounding off a week of

In Dublin’s fair city… rounding off a week of Dublin posts with a little photo dump ☘️🇮🇪🥃

1) Love Lane
2) Gallaghers @boxtyhouse
3) Trinity College
4) St Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre
5) The Long Room, Trinity College
6) @cpf_photography and me 😍
7) The Samuel Beckett Bridge at night
8) Guinness Storehouse
9) @teelingwhiskey Distillery
10) Mollie Malone Statue

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Ireland - and Dublin - is notoriously wet. So it’s good to know there’s somewhere to shelter on one of the 128 days (on average) of rainfall. Think we got lucky with these blue skies though 😎

But, yes, the heavens did open later in the day (thankfully we were inside. In the pub. Of course)

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I may have been a little obsessed with the colourf

I may have been a little obsessed with the colourful doors of Georgian Dublin. You could say that they are “a-door-able” 😆

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