A different short break beckoned for us both. I had booked a Murder Mystery weekend at the luxury Burgh House hotel in the UK. An elegant setting that demanded we both dress to fit and in keeping with the 1930s period. We arrived on the evening of the event and checked into our beautiful room with a view of the estuary. Charlotte showered and put on the dress she had specially bought from a vintage store. A dark blue, kne...

The weather last summer had been terrible. So, I convinced Jack we needed some winter warmth. We chose Tenerife because of the predictable sunshine, although we have never been before, and we feared it would either be kiss-me-quick or full of old people. We were very wrong. We booked the luxury, smart and upmarket El Mirador Hotel. It was adults only, our preferred choice when traveling. On our third day, we had dinner at...

I had persuaded Jack to book us a last-minute trip to somewhere warm to catch some sun during the bleak British winter. We checked into the Kontokali resort in Corfu, a large, sprawling luxury complex with a pool, beach, gym and several restaurants. Our room, on the top floor, as I always specify, overlooked the seafront and the beach. It was tucked away down a corridor and very private. I choose top floors in hotels as t...

The second day at our luxury hotel Adlon Hotel in the center of Berlin and made straight for the spa which was at first empty. We felt we needed some freshening up after a long and tiring day exploring the city. A few other couples arrived as we chose our curved recliners which were laid out to one side of the large pool. For privacy, we chose two located away from the main entrance. Huge, wide columns of marble rose from...

We have stayed before and will again at the luxury Carlos iV hotel in Prague. An elegant and smart place that suits us both and where we fit in with the clientele and the overall dignified and elegantly decorated luxury. We had spent several hours in the subtly lit sauna and pool area. The spa is well equipped with suitably private, hidden recliners and pillars rising from the pool behind which it was possible to hide fro...

Jack and I checked in later than we had planned to our luxury Berlin hotel, the Adlon. To make up time, we agreed to start our sightseeing with a visit to the Neues Museum, just a fifteen minute walk away. To spice things up, as I am always prone to, I chose to dress appropriately for a bit of an adventure. The weather was chilly so I wore my ankle length quilted blue coat which buttoned down the middle, a pair of long, f...

Getting ready in our beautiful suite at the luxurious Carlos IV hotel in Prague, Charlotte had showered and put on her loose-fitting knee-length blue dress, one of my favorites as it fitted tightly over her bust and loosely below the waist. This was our special night out. Our last in Prague before we travel on to Berlin. Her perfume was heady and sweet her makeup discrete. To complete her outfit she put on a pair of black...