I needed a break from wine. I bet you never thought you would read those words from me. You may have read my post about my parents visit a few weeks ago when we went on a massive tasting journey throughout the Swan Valley and Perth Hills. After 16 wineries we decided to mix it…
Not just for penis-tiara wearing hen’s do parties… All aboard the Pink Bus! When a scoopon came up for a half day Swan Valley Wine tour for 2 PLUS a bottle of wine for AU$79, I just couldn’t turn it down. I have to admit I was a bit worried about how I was going to get…
“I fell in love with everything, the bubbles, the land and the people”.. Swedish born, Anna Wallner, has a passion for all things Spanish and sparkling. In 2009 she bravely decided to leave her stable day job to follow her passion. After immersing herself in the wine industry she came across a world of wine…
What a mission the train journey was from Paris to Brussels. The direct fast trains take just over an hour but the reservation costs are through the roof (30€pp) so of course we had to find a way around that. DB Bahnn suggested the best journey to be a change of 4 trains, which were…
There is something romantic about a city built on 120 islands, 150 canals and 400 bridges (approximate numbers). It’s like stepping back in time to where there are no cars but only foot traffic and of course boat traffic. You have the gondola men in their horizontal stripped navy blue shirts and stubby straw top-hats…
It feels like a treat the days when we only have a couple of hours to travel to our next destination. I like train travel but once you have done a few days of 6+ hours traveling over a 2-month period it starts to wear you out a bit. The train journey from Florence to…
Apparently it is this Tuscan city that turns your average person into an art gallery loving freak… Yes I could see how that could happen but in our case it did not. The simple reason is we would much rather buy a couple of nice bottles of Chianti than pay 11€ each to see David’s…
We managed to find a train that would take us straight from Salerno to Rome, which was fantastic (that is after we made it through the horrendous bus ride from Amalfi to Salerno!). We decided to make a seat reservation and thank-fully we did as the train was packed – a seat makes the 3-hour…
If it wasn’t for advice on twitter or my love for pizza I probably wouldn’t of visited Napoli. Actually I think at one point I told Morgan that Napoli was off the itinerary after reading about mafia, thieves, violence and dirt and grim in the Lonely Planet! Actually no guidebook seemed to mention anything nice…