Ask people which month of the year is their favourite and a fairly large percentage will answer “December”. But the final month of 2015 was made just that extra bit special by witnessing the official release of the new Star Wars film. As little as four years ago, the idea that we’d ever see Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill (and of course Peter Mayhew) grace our screens in another instalment of the classic saga seemed almost impossible. But how wrong we were. Anyway, for those of you who haven’t yet seen it,…Czytaj dalej …

Well, as we tend to say each year, it’s certainly come round fast again! But jokes aside, Christmas is undeniably one of the most exciting holidays. Not only do you get to feast on chocolates, cakes and lots of other unhealthy grub until your heart’s content, it’s also a great excuse to spend time with those that you might not see too often. However, one of the best parts of the festive season has to be the good old British Christmas Dinner. It might take days to prepare, but it’s worth every last…Czytaj dalej …

I’ve written about USA in this blog before but it’s always hard to pinpoint my exact favourite place there. People often assume that just because Americans share the same language with us Brits, that we are a similar kind of people. But let me tell you, that’s certainly not the case. Aside from both speaking English, we actually have little in common - in fact, we probably have more in common with our European neighbours than we do with those on the other side of the pond. Different foods, different mentalities, different outlooks...…Czytaj dalej …