driving from aurland to heggenes
Day 9 of our visit to Norway. It poured and poured today! It was a driving day, thankfully. So we just took our time and visited a few landmarks on our way. Having seen the small village of…
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old is new is old in amsterdam
We like to amble on our holidays and Amsterdam is a great city for walking provided you’ve grown eyes all the way around your head so that you can spot kamikaze bike riders coming from…
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the historical melting pot of split, croatia
We caught the Krilo ferry from Dubrovnik to Split. It was an easy bus ride on the 1B service just outside Dubrovnik’s Pile Gate to Port Gruz 1. I was expecting an office or at least a…
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the slow road up, down & along the murray river
The COVID pandemic has restricted our travel options overseas so this is the era of aussies rediscovering Australia. Niran and I love driving and the options for travelling from Sydney are…
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palermo is both gritty & wondrous
Palermo is a frantic place, loud and dirty, friendly and gruff. It’s like a place you might find in a story from the Arabian nights.
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lovely sticky wines in rutherglen
Rutherglen occupies a special place in the Australian wine industry as the home of Australian fortified wines. You can easily spend a day in Rutherglen cycling between wineries and enjoying a…
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a scenic way home from victoria to sydney
– avoid the freeway and enjoy country australia – We were just about at the end of our two week road trip around central and northern Victoria, and were preparing to head back to…
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the endless lake mungo
– a place of lost dreams and enduring stories – A visit to Mungo National Park is an easy day trip from Mildura (see our other post for more Mildura day trip options). Mungo is on…
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chocolate box salzburg
Living in Munich is fantastic. It’s so central and therefore makes it easy to get to so many places we want to visit in Europe. So on the spur of a moment over lunch on Saturday, we…
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not your usual greek landscape
milos is not your usual greek island – it's so much more – sulphur mines, fiery red rocks and moonscapes
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the treasures of empire
Sunday was a much more relaxed affair! We started the morning with breakfast at Vollpension – which is a cafe run by grandmas and grandpas. What a brilliant concept! We were welcomed by…
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village life on milos
sleepy villages and local life are the unexpected pleasure of visiting an out of the way Greek island like Milos
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lake tyrrell, ethereal and incredibly beautiful
– a vast expanse of salt, sky and stars – We had spent the morning in Echuca and were now on our way. The road from Echuca to Sea Lake traverses vast expanses of flat, yellow…
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a long weekend in istanbul
Istanbul has to be the most engaging city in the world. Utterly ramshackle, slowly decaying and incredibly gorgeous and ugly in equal parts. It's both welcoming and indifferent. A city of huge…
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