FROM THE VENICE OF THE EAST TO CHIANG MAI BY OVERNIGHT TRAIN Historically Bangkok was crisscrossed by klongs (i.e. canals), and so gained the nickname “Venice of the East”. These narrow waterways were once used for transportation and for floating markets, and were an iconic symbol of the […]
VILLAGES OF PROVENCE – PART 1 A large part of the appeal of Provence for us is the beauty of the countryside and the charm of the many Medieval villages that pepper the landscape. Unfortunately public transport options in the region are limited, so we signed up for […]
HIKING THROUGH LUXEMBOURG’S KLENG LETZEBURGER SCHWAIZ “Little Switzerland”* is the nickname used to describe the South-Eastern region of Luxembourg. This corner of the country is said to have similar terrain to its namesake, hence the moniker; we didn’t really see the similarities during our day trip out there […]
OH WE DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE… There is something quintessentially English about a spending the day at the seaside. It’s nothing like spending a day at the beach Aus-style (that involves swimming in the warm waters of the Indian or Pacific Ocean, with the sun […]
CASTLEMANIA IN NORTHUMBERLAND Today is our 22nd anniversary and we decided to reward ourselves for 2.2 decades of hard work and dedicated effort with a trip to 3 OF THE MOST EPIC CASTLES EVER! Castles are so awesome! Our day trip took us north of Newcastle […]
MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS, LOUGHS, RUINS & CASTLES OF CONNEMARA Connemara is a district in the northern part of County Galway. The landscape there is a mix of peat bogs, starkly empty valleys, deep black loughs (i.e. lakes), and glacier-carved mountains. The name Connemara comes for the Gaelic for “inlets […]
THE IMPRESSIVE RUINS OF CASHEL Cashel is a small village (population 4,000) about 100kms north of Cork. The town itself is cute and unassuming, but the ruins that lie just outside of town are some of Ireland’s most epic monuments. The Rock of Cashel was the seat of […]
