Venice: La Serenissima


Venice in November? Getting married in Venice in November ?! Arranging it all in 4 weeks?!!!

The task was set! My GF and I had decided we wanted awedding just for the two of us. Venice is my favourite city in the world, I wasluckily enough to have studied there for 6 weeks 25 years ago, and have neveryet been
disappointed by its beauty.

The paperwork was reasonably easy to negotiate with helpfrom the British Consul and the

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The PERFECT Holiday


My GF and I were lucky enough to spend four nights in Phinda Mountain Lodge followed by four nights in Phinda Forest Lodge (we won 2 four night auctions and combined them) in May this year.

We flew overnight from Heathrow with BA to Johannesburg where we stayed at The DOreale Grande for a night. The hotel was running an American Express Card Holders promotion so we were picked up on arrival by a limo and taken to the hotel (only a 5 min ride).

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I thought it was about time I shared more of my trip to Zanzibar in February.
I was there for two weeks with my girlfriend staying in three completely different areas/hotels. I have already blogged on one of them here:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserR...chipelago.html

But now for my experience of the LL property we used :Zanzibar Kempinski which we stayed in for five nights.

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