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I had an hour or so of skating, and then wandered up to the Columbus Circle Holiday Market for some churros. I was so full from all the food I had on my first class flight that the churros ended up being my dinner, and even then I couldn’t finish them all. After the holiday market I then made my way down to Times Square to see the lights, and then back to my hotel for an early night.
The first was when I was 14, I was learning how to do a new jump, and I landed horribly and ended up flat on my back on the ice surrounded by all the teachers. The second accident was a year after we moved to Australia. There were no ice-rinks near us in Australia so I stopped skating, but I’d taken my skates with me anyway. About a year after we moved my friends and I went on the epic trek to the ice-rink in Cockburn, and it was the best feeling ever being back on the ice. I got far too cocky though and was zooming round when I realised I had forgotten how to stop…so I skated towards the barrier, and it was chest height so I smashed into it and ended up in hospital with a broken sternum. Yep. It took three months to heal and was absolute agony.
Luckily I didn’t have an accident in NYC and all was fine. The thin layer of snow gave me all the Christmas feels as my confidence gradually returned and I skated round the rink.
Before I flew my mum made me promise not to go ice-skating, so what did I do as soon as I landed? Yep. I went ice-skating. So the reason why my mum didn’t want me to go skating? Well. I used to ice-skate every week for 5-6 years when I was a teenager, and I had two accidents.
I was struggling massively with food while I was in Dubai and everything I tried to eat was making me sick. Nige bought us burgers on the Friday for lunch and as soon as I smelled them I heaved and couldn’t touch them, he was shouting at me “WHO ARE YOU?” because I’m known for being able to eat a burger ALWAYS. So as soon as I found out I was pregnant I messaged him and was like ‘So I know why I couldn’t eat the burger…’.
If you have more time than I did on this trip, make sure you head to Zaya Nurai Island for a day trip! It’s very close to Abu Dhabi and I absolutely loved it when I went in 2016. If you don’t have a whole day, head to Saadiyat Beach Club for some chill-out time. After Abu Dhabi I spent 3 nights in Dubai with my old boss Nigel and his girlfriend Kristina. I still wasn’t feeling well so we took things easy and it wasn’t anywhere near as wild as my previous Dubai visit. We had a night out at Inner City Zoo the first night, an insane penthouse pool party at FIVE Palm Jumeirah on The Palm the following night, and then a fancy dinner at Sea Fu at the Four Seasons Jumeirah Beach on my last night.
Once I’d finished checking out the collection at the Louvre Abu Dhabi I then got a taxi over to Emirates Palace for some lunch. I didn’t have a lot of time left before I had to check out of my hotel and head to Dubai, so I just went to the cafe in the middle of the Emirates Palace and had the most expensive club sandwich I have EVER had! It cost a whole £30, and it didn’t even contain any gold leaf that the Emirates Palace is famous for adding to food and drink – sadly I don’t drink coffee so didn’t get to experience the gold leaf coffee!
While I was in Abu Dhabi I was desperate to visit the newly opened Louvre Abu Dhabi. I’ve been to the Louvre museum in Paris many, many times over the years, so was excited to see what sort of size the Louvre Abu Dhabi would be and what pieces of art it contained.The Louvre in Paris is absolutely huge, but thankfully the Louvre Abu Dhabi is much smaller, and they have an amazing selection of masterpieces that are all super easy to find. They had works from Bellini, Da Vinci, Monet, Po***ck, Manet, Matisse, Van Gogh, Degas, Gaugin, and hundreds more!Also, all my childhood dreams came true when I saw Whistler’s Mother in real life…yes, THE Whistler’s Mother from the Bean movie!!
My parents moved to the border of North Devon & Cornwall in 2019, and as someone who used to live across the world from her parents, I now use every opportunity I can get to visit them…even though they’re now a five hour drive away. In non-lockdown times I tend to go down to visit them every other month, and at the start of the first lockdown I actually got stuck down there and ended up living with them for almost three months until things opened up again and I was allowed to drive back to London.
During my time down there with them I’ve found my own favourite spots (towns/villages/beaches) in North Devon & Cornwall, and after the majority of you told me in an Instagram poll that you wanted more Devon & Cornwall content, I thought I’d finally put something together! Devon and Cornwall are also very dog-friendly, so there’s plenty to see and do if you have a four-legged friend like we do.
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