Category: Faraway Files

Though I dream of faraway travel almost daily, and at the very least every Thursday (reading all the lovely posts on Faraway Files), a quick getaway to somewhere close to home is often the more realistic option. This was the case last March when we spent the boy’s Spring Vacation in Palm Springs, which although only a two hour drive from Los Angeles, feels a world away.

The extreme desert climate, landscape and architecture are all so different from what we experience on the Southern California coast. We spent three days exploring the area and this week’s post highlights some of the area’s family friendly activities. Spring is the perfect time to visit this desert city in the heart of the Coachella Valley as the temperatures are still very manageable.

Do you have a favorite getaway destination? Maybe your easy getaway is someone else’s far off dream destination? We’d love to read about it on this week’s Faraway Files!

Last week’s edition was hosted by Clare and Erin. Clare is hosting again this week! Read all about her favorites over on her post. Erin’s favorites were:

Welcome to Faraway Files, the travel link up hosted by Erin from Oregon Girl around the World, Katy from Untold Morsels, Corey from Fifi + Hop, Hilary from Hilarystyle and Clare from Suitcases and Sandcastles.

This is the place to link up your travel posts every Thursday. Faraway Files is a weekly file of the best travel ideas on the web. We want to dream of faraway places, to make new travel plans and share our travel secrets. Inspire us to travel to places we’ve never considered before or revisit a place we thought we knew. We know that you can feel faraway even when you’re close to home, so share your experiences of travels near and far wherever you are in the world.

We’ll try to read and comment on every post and we’ll share them on social media too. Each week we’ll choose our favourites and highlight them on our blogs and social media channels using #FarawayFiles.

How it works:

• Link up one travel-related post and add the Faraway Files badge onto the post or your blog (code below) or link back to the hosts.
• The link up will go live every Thursday at 8am, UK time, until midnight on Friday. It will alternate between Untold Morsels, Suitcases and Sandcastles, Fifi + Hop, HilaryStyle and Oregon Girl around the World. This week’s link up is right here.
• Link ups work best if everyone shares so please comment on all of the marked hosts’ posts and at least one other.
• Tweet us your posts (@suitandsand, @UntoldMorsels, @oregongirlworld @fifiandhop @hilarystyleme) using the hashtag #FarawayFiles and we’ll retweet to our followers.
• Love Instagram? Share your favourite photos from your posts with us, tagging #FarawayFiles and we’ll add our favourites to our Faraway Files Instagram feed.
• Check out our Faraway Files Facebook page too.

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Summer break is just around the corner and I’m still undecided as to where our family will travel. There are so many wonderful destinations, I’m having a hard time choosing. Maybe Italy for the coffee and art, or Spain for tapas and siestas, or maybe we’ll just stay home and be tourists in our own city? We’ve come nowhere near discovering all that Los Angeles has to offer.

This week I’ll be sharing a post about some of the most touristy places iconic film locations in LA. My boys and I get so excited when we see these places in the movies or on television. Calling out, “We’ve been there!” As you can imagine this happens a lot when you live in Los Angeles. Over the years there have been countless references to many of LA’s landmarks in songs, movies, television and video games making them famous the world over. In fact, even if you’ve never been here before you’re probably already familiar with many of them.

James Dean Rebel Without A Cause

Angels Flight was featured in LA LA Land

What are your summer plans? Have you decided or are you still up in the air? Will you visit somewhere new, or a repeat destination? Maybe you’re coming to LA? If so, let me know, I’ll show you around!

Thanks to everyone who joined our Faraway Files link up last week hosted by Corey & Clare.

Corey’s favorites from last week were:

Welcome to Faraway Files, the travel link up hosted by Erin from Oregon Girl around the World, Katy from Untold Morsels, Corey from Fifi + Hop, Hilary from Hilarystyle and Clare from Suitcases and Sandcastles.

This is the place to link up your travel posts every Thursday. Faraway Files is a weekly file of the best travel ideas on the web. We want to dream of faraway places, to make new travel plans and share our travel secrets. Inspire us to travel to places we’ve never considered before or revisit a place we thought we knew. We know that you can feel faraway even when you’re close to home, so share your experiences of travels near and far wherever you are in the world.

So let’s inspire and share each other’s posts. We’ll try to read and comment on every post and we’ll share them on social media too. Each week we’ll choose our favourites and highlight them on our blogs and social media channels using #FarawayFiles.

How it works:

• Link up one travel-related post and add the Faraway Files badge onto the post or your blog (code below) or link back to the hosts.
• The link up will go live every Thursday at 8am, UK time, until midnight on Friday. It will alternate between Untold Morsels, Suitcases and Sandcastles, Fifi + Hop, HilaryStyle and Oregon Girl around the World. This week’s link up is right here.
• Link ups work best if everyone shares so please comment on all of the marked hosts’ posts and at least one other.
• Tweet us your posts (@suitandsand, @UntoldMorsels, @oregongirlworld @fifiandhop @hilarystyleme) using the hashtag #FarawayFiles and we’ll retweet to our followers.
• Love Instagram? Share your favourite photos from your posts with us, tagging #FarawayFiles and we’ll add our favourites to our Faraway Files Instagram feed.
• Check out our Faraway Files Facebook page too.

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Spring is officially here, or at least the calendar says so, and the flowers here in LA think so too. Everything is blooming like mad, and the air outside smells heavenly like a florist shop, so it’s hard to believe we’re expecting the “storm of the season.”  Angelenos are famous for overreacting where weather is concerned, but this time it might just be a big deal.

Should this turn out to be the case, I’m going to light a fire, cozy up, and enjoy reading about all of your travel adventures in this week’s edition of Faraway Files. Clare is hosting this week!

Spring may be here, but I’m still reliving the memories from our winter holidays in, and around London, so I’ll be sharing my Tale of Two Christmases. I know I’m out of season here, but both experiences were so unexpectedly magical, that I just couldn’t wait unit next year’s festive season to share them with all of you.

Corey’s favorites from last week:

Welcome to Faraway Files, the travel link up hosted by Erin from Oregon Girl around the World, Katy from Untold Morsels, Corey from Fifi + Hop, Hilary from Hilarystyle and Clare from Suitcases and Sandcastles.

This is the place to link up your travel posts every Thursday. Faraway Files is a weekly file of the best travel ideas on the web. We want to dream of faraway places, to make new travel plans and share our travel secrets. Inspire us to travel to places we’ve never considered before or revisit a place we thought we knew. We know that you can feel faraway even when you’re close to home, so share your experiences of travels near and far wherever you are in the world.

So let’s inspire and share each other’s posts. We’ll try to read and comment on every post and we’ll share them on social media too. Each week we’ll choose our favourites and highlight them on our blogs and social media channels using #FarawayFiles.

How it works:

• Link up one travel-related post and add the Faraway Files badge onto the post or your blog (code below) or link back to the hosts.
• The link up will go live every Thursday at 8am, UK time, until midnight on Friday. It will alternate between Untold Morsels, Suitcases and Sandcastles, Fifi + Hop, HilaryStyle and Oregon Girl around the World. This week’s link up is right here.
• Link ups work best if everyone shares so please comment on all of the marked hosts’ posts and at least one other.
• Tweet us your posts (@suitandsand, @UntoldMorsels, @oregongirlworld @fifiandhop @hilarystyleme) using the hashtag #FarawayFiles and we’ll retweet to our followers.
• Love Instagram? Share your favourite photos from your posts with us, tagging #FarawayFiles and we’ll add our favourites to our Faraway Files Instagram feed.
• Check out our Faraway Files Facebook page too.

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