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Booking Your Winter Holiday: Fun in the Sun... or Winter Wonderland Adventure?

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  Winter Holidays - Escape Winter or Embrace it? So you want to get away for the winter - or do you want to get away from the winter??? Although winter can be a dark, depressing time when all you want to do is hibernate, or pack your bags and get away from it, have you ever considered celebrating it? No - I mean a real winter. Not the rain, and certainly not the damp... Winter Holidays in Scandinavia, Scotland, and The Alps Stare up in awe at the Northern Lights, ski in fresh powder, experience the Polar Night and Northern Lights, see the skies littered with the brightest of stars, slide through the Nordic forest on a wooden dogsled, swim in the blue lagoon with thick snowflakes cascading all around you, visit or stay in an exquisite hotel made entirely of ice... (For Northern Lights info, visit my page on How to find the Northern Lights ) Winter Holidays in Northern Sweden and Norway In Northern Sweden and Norway the atmosphere is much more dry, and the cold i

Women's Winter Boots, and Two of the Warmest, and Most Stylish Apres-Ski/Snow Boots

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Stay Warm and Cosy This Winter! Two Excellent Pairs of Reccommended Women's Winter Boots for Snow, Apres Ski, and Style of Course... Although I'm relieved to see that this year, UGG have finally realised that slippers are not correct attire for the snowy and rainy outdoors - especially ski holidays - and have brought out some (still over-priced) sturdier options this year, I am still much more partial to the expert makers of winter and apres-ski footwear. Here is a review of two brands of fantastic winter apres-ski boots - Merrell and Sorel, and some winter boot anecdotes to brighten that wintry, blustery day! Joan of Arctic - Women's Winter boots by Sorel These apres-ski boots are so amazing! Funky and stylish fur, contrasting stitching, and d-ring lace-ups adds touches of feminity to a pair of sturdy, reliable and serious winter boots. When I first got these boots I couldn't believe how invincible they are! The cold never gets in, neither does the damp.

European Road Trip! (Tuscany and Isola d'Elba)

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Road Tripping in Western Europe: Journey to Elba through Belgium, French Alps, South of France, Northern Italy, Tuscany, and Switzerland It's the night before we leave for our road trip to Tuscany's Elba Island and I haven't packed. We have been planning to visit too many places and I'm so excited about every one of them, I'm worried we won't actually get to Elba so I try and pick out a few unnecessary ones - Richard is as helpful as when he suggested I only take one pair of shoes when I'd filled my suitcase... What a pointless piece of advice!  Eventually I resolve to decide along the way without worrying about planning our road trip too religiously. We never did much planning on our first road trip and we saw so much - maybe we'll just as lucky this time, if not more... Annecy, Haute Savoie, France We made our first overnight stop in Annecy in the French Alps because it was highlighted on our map and we were feeling inquisitive (and tired!)