{"id":10152,"date":"2026-03-03T13:46:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/where-were-off-to-this-month\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:20:02","slug":"where-were-off-to-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/where-were-off-to-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Where We&#8217;re Off To This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this post, I am frantically packing my suitcase and stuffing in winter coats, beach shorts, warm woolly jumpers, flip-flops&#8230;etc amongst other things.<\/p>\n<p>It feels so strange to be packing such contrasting travel gear (winter coats and beach short???) but there&#8217;s a good reason behind this. We&#8217;re getting ready to visit a few places for the first time and so I figured I might as well do a quick travel update post! It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done one of these!<\/p>\n<p>First off, we&#8217;re off to <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/04\/07\/10-places-you-must-visit-for-a-perfect-weekend-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madrid<\/a>! Another Spanish city, I&#8217;ve not visited yet and one I&#8217;m looking forward to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/04\/07\/10-places-you-must-visit-for-a-perfect-weekend-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24551\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Visiit-Madrid_-40.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"10 Of The Best Places In Madrid To Visit For A Weekend (4)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Visiit-Madrid_-40.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Visiit-Madrid_-40.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Visiit-Madrid_-40.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Visiit-Madrid_-40.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, we fly off to <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2017\/02\/19\/long-island-kuramathi-maldives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Maldives<\/a> for a bit of fun and sunshine!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/04\/07\/10-places-you-must-visit-for-a-perfect-weekend-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34476\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0194.jpg?resize=1000%2C1778&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hand Luggage Only Yaya and Lloyd Travel In Maldives, Montgenevre, France, Val d'Isere and Sri Lanka (7)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0194.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0194.jpg?resize=253%2C450&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0194.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DJI_0194.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, we head off to <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2017\/12\/25\/complete-guide-things-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sri Lanka<\/a> to visit a country we&#8217;ve wanted to for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2016\/04\/07\/10-places-you-must-visit-for-a-perfect-weekend-in-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2505.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exploring Beruwala And Bentota, Sri Lanka (27)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2505.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2505.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2505.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_2505.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will post regular updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/HandLuggageOnly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> (we&#8217;ll most likely update this one the most), on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/HLOBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> (similar updates to Instagram &#8211; plus some extras) and of course <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HandLuggageOnly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll also try to Snapchat (username: HandLuggageOnly), too.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got any tips or recommendations for any of the destinations we&#8217;re headed to, please do send them our way! Muchas gracias in advance! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vW1P7IvB7X\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2017\/12\/25\/complete-guide-things-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12 Very Best Things To Do In Sri Lanka<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#8220;12 Very Best Things To Do In Sri Lanka&#8221; &#8212; Hand Luggage Only\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2017\/12\/25\/complete-guide-things-sri-lanka\/embed\/#?secret=vW1P7IvB7X\" data-secret=\"vW1P7IvB7X\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this post, I am frantically packing my suitcase and stuffing in winter coats, beach shorts, warm woolly jumpers, flip-flops&#8230;etc amongst other things. 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