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WANDERING THE WORLD WITH TWO LITTLE ONES IN TOW // adventures of a jet-setting family
A peek into the life of a ‘Digital Nomad Family’, travelling the planet with two toddlers.
SENSATIONAL INSTAGRAM SPOTS // 8 picturesque places you need in your feed
My pick of some of the UK’s most Instagrammable spots
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH LANGUAGES // learning to speak like a local
Collaborative Post: why I love learning about different languages, especially while travelling
HOW TO GET INTO LONDON FROM THE MAIN AIRPORTS
How to get into London from the main airports, via train
ME & MY GIRL // our mummy-daughter weekend away
My eldest daughter sometimes misses out on her fair share of time with me, so I decided it was time to redress the balance
INSPIRATIONAL ICELAND // where the temperature is cold, but the welcome is warm
A magical island filled with waterfalls, frozen rivers, black sand beaches and steaming geothermal springs.
VISITING THE ACROPOLIS & PARTHENON OF ATHENS // must-sees of the Greek capital
Exploring the historic ruins, built in honour of the goddess Athena.
TOP 6 MOST EXPLOSIVE ATTRACTIONS // volcano tourism destinations
From natural hot springs to red-hot lava flows – my pick of the world’s ‘Top 6 Explosive Attractions’
POCKET-FRIENDLY WAYS TO SEE THE WORLD // with groupon travel deals
There’s a whole world out there to explore – and it needn’t cost the earth
SWEET NEON DREAMS // a delightfully eccentric trip to god’s own junkyard
Walking through the doorway, I don’t know where to look first. Everywhere I turn I’m greeted with glittering, glowing neon – a twinkling wonderland of…
KEEPING COSY IN THE COLD // big sis trials the reima outdoor jacket
Big Sis saw off the ‘Beast from the East’ with her Reima snow jacket.
COSTA RICAN DREAMS // eco-friendly activities in the central american oasis
Eco-friendly Costa Rican activities that will also feed your soul
CLIVEDEN HOUSE // THE LUXURY SPA WITH THE SCANDALOUS PAST
The Cliveden House luxury spa is an oasis of calm with a fabulously scandalous history.
THE GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME // our welsh family holiday
We visited Snowdonia to climb Mt Snowdon, but Mother Nature had other plans…
About me
I’m Jacqui – a 40+ journalist, blogger and mum to two funny & spirited girls; Big Sis, born summer 2008, and Lil Sis, born autumn 2010.
We live just outside London and are about to embark on a big, messy, long-awaited home renovation.
I was a magazine journalist for 20 years, but since 2009 I’ve been a full-time blogger and digital influencer (over 21,000+ Twitter followers, 5,000+ Facebook likes, 3,500+ G+ circles, 3,000 Instagram and 2,400+ Pinterest followers).
Read more on my ABOUT ME page.
You can get in touch with me via email: [email protected], or by Tweeting me at @JaxFortyNorth.
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