5th March 2015 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel Restaurants Europe Asia Turkey Turkey

Dining at Altitude in Istanbul: Mikla and Vogue

Despite my fear of heights, many of my favourite restaurants are at high altitude: places like City Social, Gavin at Windows and SushiSamba in London. What is it about eating in a tall building with a great view of the city that makes the food taste so much better? In Istanbul, Anna and I visited… Read more »

24th February 2015 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel Europe Asia Turkey Turkey Turkey

A Luxurious Day in Istanbul and the Top Sights to See

Having visited Istanbul twice before, it’s a city that holds some wonderful memories for me… The first time was July 2005, the weather was gorgeous, we drank cocktails in the rooftop bars, ate seafood by the Bosphorus and enjoyed the history and culture at our leisure. My memories there are also strongly connected to important… Read more »

23rd February 2015 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe Asia Turkey Turkey Turkey

A Girlie Escape to the Marti Istanbul

You already know that Mr Silver is my ideal travel companion, we complement each other in so many ways. By that, I mean he basically does everything I want as long as he gets some relaxation time! When I was invited to stay at The Marti Istanbul Hotel, I was very excited, I’ve visited the city… Read more »

1st November 2014 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe Italy

How I fell in Love with Lake Como

Ask me the two greatest loves in my life (Mr S, family and friends aside), and the answer is food and travel. Why else would a start a blog dedicated to these passions? And when Emma, Kelly, Rebecca and Kat announced that the topic of this month’s travel link up was ‘Falling in Love on… Read more »

29th May 2014 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel Europe Italy

SilverSpoon on Minimoon: Florence Part 4 – Dinner at Il Palagio at the Four Seasons

I have many mottos when it comes to luxury travel. One of them being: ‘You can’t go wrong with the Four Seasons.’ And when it’s Michelin-starred dining in one of the romantic cities in the world, you definitely can’t go wrong. With that in mind I booked Il Palagio at the Four Seasons for our… Read more »

27th May 2014 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel Europe Italy

SilverSpoon on Minimoon: Florence Part 3 – A Spot of Culture

Having never been to Florence, and with my A-Level history a distant memory, we asked the hotel to arrange a guided tour around the main city. Starting with a discovery of my spiritual home… Ok, seriously, Florence is the birthplace of the Renaissance and is choc-a-bloc with culture, monuments, art and artefacts. Our wonderful guide,… Read more »

25th May 2014 | Everyday Luxury Luxury Travel Europe Italy

SilverSpoon on Minimoon: Florence Part 2 – Around Il Salviatino and Enocteca Pinchiorri

Morning broke and we woke up in our exquisite bedroom in Il Salviatino. It was our first chance to get a really good night sleep as the last few days had bought wedding nerves, early mornings and rushed starts. Finally feeling refreshed we rose to take another look around the glorious villa. The villa is… Read more »

23rd May 2014 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe Italy

SilverSpoon on Minimoon: Florence Part 1 – Il Salviatino

Mr Silver and I had decided to take our honeymoon a couple of weeks after the wedding. I had a very good friend’s wedding two weeks later, plus it gave us a chance to sort out all post-wedding admin. ‘But you must go on a minimoon’ my mum insisted! And it turns out she was… Read more »

27th February 2014 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe France

Throwback Thursday – Passport to Paris

I’ve been to so many places in the last few years, but having just started blog I never wrote about them… Well start now I thought! With that in mind I decided that I would write the occasional Throwback Thursday, starting with a trip to Paris myself and Mr Silver took a couple of years ago.It… Read more »

23rd January 2014 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe Luxembourg

Luxembourg – A Luxe Dining Experience

Mr Silver and I were invited to attend the wedding of Mr Silver’s university friend in Luxembourg last October. The tiny land locked Duchy of Luxembourg is a country I’ve never visited but always been interested to see. Luxembourg is bordered by Belgium, France and Germany and as such is a tri-lingual country with residents… Read more »