I thought I’d ticked Spain off the bucket list years ago… but, my daughter and friends kept insisting “Go to Barcelona! It’s different; you’ll love it!” So finally, we stopped for a visit… Oh, what a delight! What a colourful, creative, delicious and easy city to graze in for a week! Day 1 – We […]
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Countdown
What things do you look forward to when you’re heading off on a trip? I’m about to escape from an Aussie winter and wing my way to where the cockles of my heart shall be ignited by a young friend’s gorgeous summer wedding in London. The plan after that is to just play castaway for […]
From Russia With Love
The Best Bits CLASSIC CLOTHES – in particular…coats, hats and boots! European women wear their intimidation with classic styling while Russian women just nonchalantly wrap themselves in it before putting their best boot forward and strutting their confidence. Note to self: I must buy some intimidation and confidence! FABULOUS FOOD Portion sizes are half the size of […]
Q&A: Siberian Sojourn
Seven Questions Only What did you expect to see? Gulags, frozen peasants and snow! Ok, so I needed an update since watching Dr Zhivago but isn’t that why we travel? What did you find? Not a gulag or peasant, frozen or otherwise, in sight! It’s a […]
Genghis Khan and other Fun Facts
Top travel tips for Mongolia… Genghis Khan – pronounced and written Chinghis Khan but born ‘Temujin’; founder and Great Khan of the Mongel Empire; born about 1162 and died August 1227; was buried in a secret place and 600 horseman rode all over that place to erase the exact spot… then all 600 were killed. Now […]
Education or Indulgence
Is a love of travel or new experiences just a new form of consumerism? When the obsession is not brands, but culture, does that excuse the excess? How will my travel experiences benefit anyone? Am I educating or just indulging myself? I have watched with interest, and yes *sigh* even participated in that all time […]
Challenge On!
With 2014 just starting and new adventures about to begin, I thought I’d revisit a post from travels past. My intention is to crank up ye ol’ blog and start writing again. I hope you enjoy it! I didn’t want to like Balzano! Bookings had already fallen through and I could tell the instant that […]