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Salt and the City
On Thursday 20th February, we left Lublin at 11:00 and drove to Rzeszow. I was only expecting a 2 hour drive but it was 2.5 hours so we...

Natalie Dimmock
Feb 22, 20252 min read


Luxury in Lublin
After leaving Warsaw at 12:00 on Wednesday 19th February after our second (!) photoshoot, we drove onwards to Lublin (1h45). I had...

Natalie Dimmock
Feb 21, 20252 min read


Snowy days in Warsaw
After our stop at Łódź, we continued onto Warsaw which was a 1h30 drive in the dark, arriving at 20:00. We were staying at Oki Dokie Old...

Natalie Dimmock
Feb 20, 20253 min read


Łódź in lights
After our lovely morning making gingerbread with Prity on Monday 17th February, we bade her goodbye in Toruń as our next stop was Warsaw....

Natalie Dimmock
Feb 19, 20253 min read


Timeless Toruń
After our fun at the Aquapark in Poznan we left around 15:00 on Sunday 16th February and I drove the 177km to Toruń arriving at 18:15....

Natalie Dimmock
Feb 18, 20252 min read


Postcards from Poznań
Tiger and I set off for our February Half term mega Poland road trip on Valentines Day, Friday 14th February. We were heading out to...

Natalie Dimmock
Feb 16, 20254 min read


Tiger turns six in Cologne
To soothe the January blues and focus on a bit of German language immersion with a birthday slant, we headed over to Cologne with Ryanair...

Natalie Dimmock
Jan 20, 20253 min read


Christmas magic in Prague
On 19th December, after our lie in at the Premier Inn Luton Town, and a trip to the Luton cinema to see Paddington in Peru, we headed...

Natalie Dimmock
Dec 24, 20244 min read


Escapades in Italy
After a fairly hectic six weeks at my new job in Fleet, Hampshire, it was time for Tiger and I to head off on our Christmas getaway to...

Natalie Dimmock
Dec 18, 20247 min read


Massai ladies, elephants and art in Nairobi
Back in Nairobi, on 30th October, we checked into the Wildebeest Eco Camp which is located in the fairly quiet and leafy Karen area of...

Natalie Dimmock
Nov 2, 20245 min read


Magical Malu Lodge
Finally, after our drive from Turi we arrived for dinner at Malu Lodge for just before 6pm. As it was getting dark we dropped our bags...

Natalie Dimmock
Oct 30, 20244 min read


At one with Nature in Lake Nakuru National Park
On 25th October, after one night camping in Caroline's garden, we headed off to Lake Nakuru National Park which was about one hour's...

Natalie Dimmock
Oct 27, 20243 min read


Nomads in Naivasha
On 22nd October, we were ready to leave Nairobi and took a driver to Naivasha for 10,000 KSH (£60). We actually had a driver called John...

Natalie Dimmock
Oct 24, 20244 min read


Nairobi Notes
Way back in December 2023, I was looking ahead and booked a flight to Kenya for Tiger's two week half term in October 2024 - talk about...

Natalie Dimmock
Oct 23, 20245 min read


Büllsport Bound
On Sunday 6th April, having picked up our 4x4 in Windhoek and met our new traveling companion, Ella from South Korea, we did a...

Natalie Dimmock
Apr 8, 20242 min read


Wanderlust in Windhoek
With flights booked almost a year in advance with Lufthansa, finally we were on our way to the glorious country of Namibia. I had...

Natalie Dimmock
Apr 6, 20244 min read


Iceland weekend
Just one week on from our Cologne weekend, we were off again and this time to Iceland for the weekend! We firstly drove from Ramsgate to...

Natalie Dimmock
Mar 4, 20245 min read


Cologne Chronicles
I'm always on the lookout for creative ways to immerse Tiger in different languages and cultures, particularly when it comes to German...

Natalie Dimmock
Feb 20, 20244 min read


Vivacious Venice the floating city
Early in September, a hot flight deal appeared with Wizz Air and I managed to bag a return flight from London Gatwick to Venice Marco...

Natalie Dimmock
Nov 19, 20235 min read


Pink tuktuks, elephants and samosas
On Wednesday 11th January, we flew from Mumbai to Jaipur at 11.20am (flight cost 10,806 Rs, £107), we picked up an Uber from the airport...

Natalie Dimmock
Jan 14, 20234 min read
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