Arctic Dreams: The Polar Bears of Churchill. PART I Dec 1, 2011
Arctic Dreams: The Polar Bears of Churchill. PART II Dec 8, 2011
Long-Haul Travel: A Frequent Flyer’s Survival Guide. PART I Feb 19, 2012
The Road Less Travelled Jan 27, 2012
Is this it? Discovering Yellowstone National Park Oct 8, 2011
The springtime blossoms are spiraling through the air like snow flurries and my hay fever is going crazy, but right now I couldn’t care less:
It’s just so easy to. This tiny region in central Italy is often overlooked but if anyone knows how to pack a whole lot of goodness into one small region, it’s the Umbrians. So much that it will leave you wanting more.
It is such stuff as dreams are made on: sipping Chianti wine, in Chianti.
Today, this is no dream. Although, it is decidedly dreamlike….a little too much Chianti, perhaps?
The Chianti wine region in Tuscany evokes ridiculously romantic images of miles of undulating green hills sprinkled with pristine vineyards, traditional stone farmhouses…and some of the finest wines in the world!
It’s been four years since I last soaked up that glorious Mediterranean sun in Greece. Four years since I travelled from one island to the next on the Blue Star ferries and dined on Moussaka and Greek salad at waterfront tavernas.
I can’t believe it’s been that long! And yet in six weeks I will be there again.
I think it is safe to say that I am beside myself with excitement!
After spending 3 months traveling through some of the wild places of the USA and Canada, and actively avoiding the cities, it still feels very strange to be living in a city again.
Even a city as stupendously cool as Melbourne.
One part of me is loving it: the wine bars, the galleries, exploring the graffiti-art lane ways that Melbourne is famous for. Another part of me is craving to be near a beach / mountain / forest in the middle of freaking nowhere.
There’s something I’ve been meaning to tell you. Something I’ve implied, alluded to, and made suggestive comments about on this blog…but I’ve never actually said the words out loud.
We’ve known each other a while now. I think it is time you knew the truth, so here goes….
“One cannot think well, sleep well, love well if one has not dined well”. Virginia Woolf
So we all know that secretly the only reason we travel is to try all the fabulous food and wine of a country. (It’s okay, your secret is totally safe with me) But, if you haven’t done so already, may I suggest you make your next culinary adventure a tapas crawl in Spain. I guarantee it will not disappoint. Read more
With their subdued ambience, low lighting and casual atmosphere the culture of tea houses in the Czech Republic is something else and Dobra Cajovna is tea house like no other I have found.
The Dobra chain of teahouses has branches all over the Czech Republic but my favourite is the one in the medieval town of Cesky Krumlov. Read more
Arctic Dreams: The Polar Bears of Churchill. PART I Dec 1, 2011
Arctic Dreams: The Polar Bears of Churchill. PART II Dec 8, 2011
Long-Haul Travel: A Frequent Flyer’s Survival Guide. PART I Feb 19, 2012
The Road Less Travelled Jan 27, 2012
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