Bucket and Spade to Bucket list …

Well you may of read in one of my previous blogs that I went on a big family holiday to Menorca. We had fabulous weather and a lovely time with friends and family. Menorca is a lovely island short flight ,great little sandy coves and has everything from water parks to go karting to the handsome town of ciutadella with its history , churches and markets.We flew from Edinburgh as the children in Scotland had gone back to school so it made the flights for my family about £900 cheaper than flying from Manchester. We stayed in a little resort called Cala Blanes which had a scattering of villas and a couple of hotels, bars and restaurants.

As there was 18 of us eating out in a small town was very challenging !!!

We haven’t done a holiday like this for 2 years, my children are 13 and 17 and have had many wonderful package holidays over the years what I would call bucket and spade holidays as well as cruises. The one thing that we felt on this holiday for the very first time was we were ready for home at the end of it and dare I say we were a little bored!!! I feel really bad saying this as I know there are a lot of people that don’t actually get to experience these holidays. My children are at an age where a couple of hours around the pool is enough for them unlike the endless hours they used to spend jumping in a out all day !! Although my son liked jumping in from the rocks much to my dismay as I was on pins….

Our next choice of holiday abroad will definitely be back to a cruise I would say.Certainly with more to do we love nothing more than waking up somewhere different every day and exploring the destinations then chilling later in the day with activities for anyone that wants it , a tick in everyone’s box and end the day with fine dining fantastic service and first class entertainment. We definitely now need to work on a bucket list of places.

The first being London in November I am embarrassed to say my children have only been once and they were only 6 months and 3 then so don’t remember a thing. We are booking for the first weekend of the winter wonderland and between us we are going to plan our time so we get to see everything we can and not miss anything.


About Me

Hi my name is Erica although most people know me as Betsy which is my work name, welcome to my cruise page. I  have been in the travel industry for coming up to 30 years. I started my career in a small independent travel agent, where I went on work experience and…

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