Saturday, 27 September 2014

Pompeii! | James.com

Hi Guys!

So whilst on my cruise I visited Pompeii!

What an amazing place that is! Its full of interesting historical facts and everything!

For those of you who don't know Pompeii is A small town in-between Naples and Sorrento on the foot of Mount Vesuvius, that of which was founded in 80BC an was later destroyed by a volcanic eruption years later in 79AD killing all that lived there! The habitants that tried to escape the lava and the ash fled by boat to be Later killed by a tsunami caused by the earthquakes from the eruption.

Enough of the history lesson, lets get on to the pictures:












Stay tuned!

Treat Yourself - 
James

Wednesday, 24 September 2014

I went on a cruise! | James.com

Hi Guys

So this summer I was rather busy, I went on a couple of holidays, Of which you will see from my blog posts.

In the middle of August me and my sister (Faye) went on a cruise! I know its a little weird a brother and sister of the ages 18 and 21 both going on a cruise together but in all fairness we do get on really well and we LOVE cruises!

The cruise we went on was the Island Escape! The ship wasn't overly big but it was amazing! Don't get me wrong it was no royal Caribbean but it suited us both to a T!

We chose this cruise because the ship is casual and the itinerary looked incredible! It was a win win situation because I was looking for a sightseeing holiday whereas Faye was looking for A relaxing holiday and this cruise me right in the middle.

The itinerary was as follows:

Board ship at Palma
Day at sea
Trapani, Sicily
Naples, Italy
Citcavecchia, Italy (the port for the city of Rome)
Ajaccio, Corsica
Mahon, Menorca
Disembark ship in Palma

I saw this as the perfect itinerary because I have ALWAYS wanted to go to Rome and this was my chance!

In the next two posts I will talk more about Pompeii and Rome but because there is so much to talj about I wont be able to fit it into one blog!











Stay tuned!

Treat yourself - 
James

Saturday, 20 September 2014

Where have I been?? | James.com

Hi Guys!

So, first things first!
I would like to apologise, I haven't written a blog post in soooooo long! I mean I cant even remember writing my last one :O But from now on I will be making A blogging schedule and have already made a list of future blog posts! (I love A good list).

Right then lets get onto the main blog post shall we!

In june I went on holiday with my family to our apartment in the Spanish holiday destination of Benidorm! Now I know people have mixed reviews on the place and see it in the way the ITV show represents it, (its nothing like that). The whole "common british family" and "stag and hen do" stereotype has given the place a bad name. I have been going here since I was born, long before the TV show was ever aired and now see it as a second home.

When we arrived we had plans to do the holiday a little differently then usual. We wanted to have an adventure and bring ourselves out of our comfort zone. Sometimes when you visit a place as often as we do Benidorm you can get stuck in a rut and often get bored of the same old, same old.

To be honest we did try to do things differently by visiting areas of the town that we wouldn't usually venture to although we did stick to some of our usual areas too. On a night we made the effort to try restaurants and bars In the old town which is at the other end of the town from where we are and we even went to peacock island!

Peacock island is A tiny island just off of the Levante coastline and can be seen from the beach. Old spanish legend has it that the island made its way into the sea from a giant stubbing his toe on the mountain and hurling part of the rocky landscape into the sea (I don't know how many people believe that?)

So yea! i thought id fill you in on one of the places i have been to this summer :)

-Heres some pictures you may enjoy:

















Thanks for reading,
Treat Yourself
James :)