STAYING AT DOHA’S FIRST HOTEL

Doha Qatar | the belle abroad

Visiting Qatar for the International Food Festival wouldn’t be complete without staying at the original hotel on the scene in Doha, Sheraton Grand Doha. Also, with the added perk that the Festival was being held in the park beside the hotel!The pyramidal hotel was built in the late 1980’s and with it, came the surrounding […]

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BE IN THE MOMENT : RIAD BE MARRAKECH

You’ve heard me rave about my love for riads before but here is the post with the in’s and out’s of staying in one. We choose the stunning Riad BE in Marrakech after some serious searching because, not only is it GORGEOUS, but the owners, Nicole and Mo, were so great in helping us plan our […]

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LAKESIDE LODGING AT HOTEL SELFOSS

HOTEL SELFOSS ICELAND

The perfect stop off on the Golden Circle route was Hotel Selfoss, settled in the cute little lakeside town. Many of the accommodations throughout Iceland are remote and sometimes secluded or in the city of Reykjavik, not so many with the in-between options….Hotel Selfoss however, offers the close reach of nature and adventure yet with the […]

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Dear Hotel Madrid

Dear Hotel in Madrid welcomed us for a lovely city centre stay over Valentine’s weekend…who doesn’t want to spend the holiday of love sipping sangria and munching on tapas?! Well truthfully, we landed in Madrid for the football match although my suggesting my undying love for sitting at football matches was just a ploy to […]

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My favorite holiday…

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You would think moving to another English speaking country would be easy, simple even, especially in terms of language. Sure, we all have our strange little idioms but they should be pretty straightforward to pick up on, right? Easy as pie, piece of cake…a doddle? Hmm. I’m still learning, and mostly, googling. So is it a vacation […]

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