We didn’t really think it through to be honest. I’d pretty much forgotten about it. Years ago we’d had thefts in Spain, Peru, Bolivia and Chile. But our luck with things getting taken in Spanish speaking countries was far from over alas… After leaving a friend in the south of France we headed into Spain… Read More The curse of the Spanish speaking countries
For our last few days in France, we booked a place near Disney Paris. While in Tokyo, we went to Disney Sea, but this was our first time in the original Disneyland. Z and I planned the day, and after arriving on the train, we split up and, respectively, went to rides Autopia and Big… Read More Disney Paris (by Z)
France does bread and cheese so well (insert chef’s kiss x 100 here) and we did our best to try as much as we could. (Doing our Australian heritage proud I tell you!) There is just sooo much choice, even in the supermarket. A common lunch for us was a baguette (or two) and some… Read More French delicacies
We had two nights in the picturesque town of Gruyères, Switzerland and we ate very well! Definitely two nights is enough with so much fondue, not to mention it’s a bit more expensive as well 😬 There isn’t a lot of choices when it comes to accommodation here so we stayed in a hotel which… Read More Mmm… (swiss) cheese
After a wee visit to Scotland we headed south to France, to a caravan park near La Rochelle in West. We were crashing some Scottish friends’ three week French holiday by joining them for the first week. We looked up the park and booked a cabin that was close to them – apart from that,… Read More French heat waves & caravan parks
We ducked into Scotland for a week before heading into Europe, to catch up with a few of our old Weegie (& around) friends. Too short of course, so we are heading back for August for a more thorough stay ❤️ We stayed with friends near Gleneagles and ate very well, including our first Baked… Read More A wee visit to Scotland
We flew into Paris for six days of cheese, bread and sightseeing. It is a wonderful city, even with loads of other tourists about. We even managed to catch up with a Canadian friend who happened to be passing through – great timing! We had met her in South America in 2008 and N met… Read More Paris exploration
It all started when I was sound asleep in N’s bag, since I had a long day and was tired. I woke up when I fell out, and my eyes shot open. I was so close to the mud on the road! I was really scared since they were walking away already. I tried to… Read More When Esti went missing (by Esti)
I was sooooo excited about staying at a fancy hotel with a huge pool on our way to Paris. We stopped in Doha, Qatar for a night. It was very hot and windy, so, even though I can’t actually swim, I did get blown into the pool by accident 😱 Luckily, I was rescued and… Read More Esti in Doha (by Esti)
Java’s rival to Paris is the city of Bandung, filled with fashionable uni students, and as it is only 150kms from the capital, it makes for a perfect weekend escape for Jakarta locals. We coincided our visit with a weekend, which wasn’t well planned on our part, and our initial Airbnb accommodation was not very… Read More Paris of Java
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