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Lanzarote Photos part 2

Sparkie — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:11:06 +0000

Lanzarote photos part 1

Sparkie — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:41:21 +0000

Swiss Panoramae

Sparkie — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:38:23 +0000

Belatedly, as ever, here are some panoramas from Switzerland. Despite the best efforts of the Swiss government to force the exchange rates towards something vaguely normal, things remained ridiculously expensive all week. Luckily our apartment had a cooker so we made tonnes of pasta to avoid the restaurants, and drank the French wine I had brought along from the week before, but the Schweizerische Bundesbahnen now have a lot of my money.

Prague

Sparkie — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:05:17 +0000

A weekend break after the Goldschmidt conference allowed for some gentle sightseeing. Whilst you can charge round most of the city in two days, we took a leisurely four and had a great time, recommended.

Barbados

Sparkie — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:31:09 +0000

We’ve been home a while now, it’s defninitely time for some photos. I can thoroughly recommend Barbados as a holiday destination, it was just the right balance of beach, sunshine, places to visit and incredibly alcoholic cocktails.

Wins

Sparkie — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 23:14:42 +0000

I’m in Barbados, your argument is invalid.

Center Parcs

Sparkie — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:44:00 +0000

Following our trip a couple of years ago, thirteen of us returned to Center Parcs last weekend for a heady mix of sport, fresh air and moderate drinking (in some cases). Terrible spelling and slightly American fakery notwithstanding, Center Parcs is a fantastic place for a weekend. We managed to fit in a high-ropes course, badminton, squash, archery, table tennis, swimming, cycle rides, board games and, just occasionally, sleep.

Here are the highlights:

Austin in Uley

Sparkie — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:08:40 +0000

Lefkada

Sparkie — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:29:32 +0000

Some photos from our pre-term holiday in Greece. I can certainly recommend the island of Lefkada (a.k.a. Lefkas) as it is pretty, relaxed and easy to get around with a car (as long as you can avoid the local drivers). We got a cracking late deal on flights and a villa, with a great pool.

Odessa

Sparkie — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:50:58 +0000

Round two for the Bennett wedding, this time in the Ukraine! We had a fantastic weekend, if massively hectic, involving jetskis, caviar, a-capella Take That, private jets, concerts, cruises and borscht. Irina’s parents pulled out all the stops to make us feel welcome and we had a truly fantastic time. It’s a shame the weekend didn’t last longer, although we were so wiped out after just four days that we went to Greece to recover (more on that later). These photos are a mere taster.