Holiday Q&A
I was recently contacted by Littlewoods.com and asked to put together a little holiday Q&A.
After you’ve read my answers, you can read the answers that Littlewoods Brand Ambassadors Myleene Klass and Coleen Rooney gave too (exclusive to this blog!). Make sure you check out the new Myleene Klass and Coleen Rooney clothing collections for summer too! (That gingham summer dress – so cute!)
So here goes….
1. What’s your favourite holiday and why?
I’ve been to quite a few places on holiday (China, Japan, Austria, Paris, Vietnam, Mexico, 14 states of America, Copenhagen, Spain) but I think my all time favourite holiday has to be to California. We first visited California in 2010 and have been back every year since (except this year due to being pregnant!). In 2010 we did the drive from San Francisco down the Pacific Coast Highway through Big Sur to Los Angeles, made a quick detour to Las Vegas and then hung out in Huntington Beach for a few days (pre-blog!). In 2011, we went back to San Francisco and Big Sur and in 2012 we went back to San Francisco again and this time went north to Napa for a few days instead.
As much as I love discovering new cultures and foods, San Francisco will always be my number one choice!
(Taken in 2010 on my first trip to California – pre-blog!)
2. What music instantly makes you think of holidays?
Definitely The Gispy Kings! It reminds me of driving around the mountains in Spain in a battered old ‘Barbie Jeep’ (as I call it)!
(Me & my sister-in-law Neile getting singing along to Gipsy Kings and getting blown to bits in the back of the Barbie jeep in 2008!)
3. What’s your summer cocktail of choice?
I don’t drink alcohol so it would be a ‘mocktail’ for me but anything with pineapple or strawberry is a winner.
(Holding a martini at The American Royal BBQ competition in Kansas City in 2012)
4. Favourite holiday read?
The No1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. It’s just so laid back, happy and easy to read.
(In Mexico, 2009)
5. If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 items could you not live without?
My husband, a supply of food (preferably tacos) and a hammock for comfort.
(At Gwithian, Cornwall in 2009)
6. Describe your perfect holiday
It would be a permanent holiday where I somehow managed to obtain a visa that enabled me to go and live in the Bay Area! A girl can dream!
Myleene Klass
What’s been your favourite holiday and why?
A recent trip to Jamaica. I took the girls to Bob Marley’s house and they stood on the ‘rock of Zion’ where he used to sit and write songs then played bongos with his house band. At night, we’d ACTUALLY chase fireflies and ate lobster in a beach shack. Magical.
What music instantly makes your think of holidays?
Redemption song, Bob Marley, every Destiny’s Child track.
What’s your Summer cocktail of choice?
Pina Colada, Strawberry Daiquiri, Mint Mojito. 3 IS the magic number!
Favourite Holiday read?
Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman.
If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 items could you not live without?
My girls, my music, my hair conditioner.
Describe your perfect holiday.
Anywhere hot where I can go diving and where they can make a good Mojito.
Coleen Rooney
What’s been your favourite holiday and why?
I have lots of favourite holidays and hold many special memories from them. One of my favourite places is Barbados. It’s such a beautiful island, great weather, and fantastic restaurants.
What music instantly makes your think of holidays?
The song “ At Last” by Etta James. It reminds me of Barbados as it’s the song that advertises Sandy Lane the hotel there. It always makes me smile.
What’s your Summer cocktail of choice?
A strawberry daiquiri with vodka!!! Looking forward to one this summer. I love sangria as well.
Favourite Holiday read?
On holiday I prefer to listen to music or read magazines.
If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 items could you not live without?
Toothbrush, mobile phone,Vaseline.
Describe your perfect holiday.
Somewhere hot, with a good atmosphere, tasty food and alcohol, with my family and friends.
