Apr 6 2010

If The Pennies Are A Bit Short, Buy Yourself A Second Hand Book

Now that my children are older some of the nice things we used to do together are sadly a thing of the past.

Currently my youngest is in the depths of researching for a huge history project she has been set at school.It wasn’t that many years ago that this would have been a trip to our local library and a huge load of books coming home with us.

Nowadays it would seem that she carries out all of her research on the Internet, which I find quite upsetting as I used to love our little trips to the library.We were always popping in after school to see what delights could entice us.

Feb 16 2010

Taking Your GF For A Romantic Getaway

Today I have been searching to find a reasonable romantic weekend deal for us as in me and my girlfriend. I cannot think from the top of my head where I want to go and where I can take her to see a biggest surprised smile on her face. I have been on Google all day long today to find the best deal but still haven’t got anywhere.

I just cannot make up my mind where to go for a romantic getaway. I have looked at deals on various countries such as Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Holland, France, Croatia, Israel, Germany and others but I am finding it difficult to make my mind up.

But what I have done is completely crossed out other destinations except Italy and Spain.

The reason for Spain was because of Barcelona. Barcelona is full of culture and romance and is one of the beautiful cities in the World and for Italy I have chosen Venice well simply because it is one of the most romantic cities in the World. Barcelona and Venice have one thing in common, my girlfriend has never been to these cities. I believe this will come as a surprise to her this Valentines as in the last 3 years of our relationship we haven’t really travelled outside UK for a romantic Valentines weekend.

My belief is these romantic getaways can bring more closer to my partner and vice versa. This will also be an exciting experience to learn about each other in a different way as we haven’t really spend time together outside the UK where there is no work and family hassle. It’s not only the romantic getaway I am planning I am also planning few outdoor activities as activities normally are used for team building and in this case love building. I really do hope she likes this surprise.

Feb 15 2010

How I Found My True Love Through Internet Dating

This is a story of a man who spent most of his hours finding a perfect partner for himself on the Internet. That man is obviously me the write of this article. I just thought I will share the story of my love with you. How I got from online dating to now planning romantic getaways with my other half.

It started in 2007 when there was a buzz of new social media websites and dating sites. Facebook was making its mark in UK whereas I was into Internet and learning to build my own personal Website. I just broke up with my girlfriend and was a bit down and depressed. While I searching online I found this dating site and I thought I will join it and see how it goes. After creating my profile I started to browse the Website and see what I can find on it. First few days I browsed to see what kind of people I can find there, who matches the best with my likings.

Then one day I got an email from the dating site saying I have received a message from someone who is interested in me. I replied back and we kept in touch via email for next few months. It was all going fine till the day my computer had a virus in it and I couldn’t use the PC for few weeks till it was fixed. In this time work also sent me to a word purpose trip for few weeks to Italy.

When I came back I wanted to see if the girl I was chatting on that dating site sent me any messages. I had no message from her and on top of that she cancelled her profile. I was totally gutted as she sounded interesting and she was very beautiful.

Few weeks passed and then it June 10th, the day of my Birthday, I had invited my friends for barbecue at my place, as I was preparing the barbecue I heard the door bell ring. I opened the door and saw a delivery man holding a package. He said this is for you sir after clarifying my details. I was curious who sent it so I opened it all and what a Birthday Present I received. The present was sent from the girl who I used to chat to on the internet dating site. Then I recalled that I gave her my Website details which was completed few weeks ago and had my personal details on it. The gift also contained a little note with her name and number. This is all I needed and now we are married and planning a romantic weekend away to Spain. Weekend away for couples to India.