Back when we were living in Melbourne we took a mid winter trip to Hobart in Tasmania. For my international readers, Tasmania or ‘Tassie’ as we like to call it, is the island at the bottom of Australia that often gets missed out on maps of my country. Hobart is its capital and is a […]
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May
May
How does music you help you remember your holidays? For me some tunes can really take me back to a trip I took, even a long time ago. Road trips especially need a few great tunes for singing along to and they tend to stick in your head. These days we have a rolling medley of Mother Goose […]
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Apr
Apr
Several years ago I took a memorable trip with some friends to Croatia. We discovered a country of spectacularly beautiful landscapes, fun cities, great food and wonderfully warm people. But the place that stole my heart completely was the city of Zadar sitting on a peninsula in the heart of the Adriatic. Things to do in Zadar, Croatia […]
Sometimes places that you visit stay with you for a long time. Last year we booked a relatively last-minute trip to France’s Picardy region with the intent of exploring châteaux, quaint villages and local markets. These are the features of most regions of France but Picardy was also the scene of incredible tragedy over the past […]
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Apr
Apr
Have you dreamed of staying on a houseboat in Amsterdam? I always wanted to wake up on the canals, so when we visited the Dutch capital I made sure we did. And even though I broke every rule of building up expectations and was beyond excited about the experience – our Amsterdam house boat stay […]