Travel, life, loves and laughs.
We arrive at Asen’s Fortress in Asenovgrad shortly before it opens and there is not much to see from the car park. However, from the road, the approach to the Fortress reveals an imposing stronghold dating to Thracian times (around 500 – 300BC).… Read the rest
Plovdiv is charming from the get go and given the range of things to see here, it is no wonder it was Europe’s Capital of Culture 2019. On our list of ‘must see’ items are 5 things that no trip to Plovdiv is complete without.… Read the rest
We eat every day. Meals are usually memorable due to the company or the occasion. Some for the location or the view. Few meals are remembered for the meal itself. Our meal at the Boat House, however, is memorable for just that.… Read the rest
We have spent the morning in Flåm followed by a cruise of The Fjords and now, after lunch, we board the Flåmsbana train to journey some more through this incredible Norwegian landscape.
The Flåmsbana is a railway journey that travels 20km from Flåm at the Aurlandsfjord, a tributary of the Sognefjord that we have just explored, at least partly, this morning, and up along the line to Myrdal in the high mountains.… Read the rest
The blue of the sky and the sea as I emerge from below deck to the dazzling sunshine stuns me momentarily. I blink a few times and Santorini is before me. Can this really be?
The harbour is almost unnoticeable, hidden in plain sight at the bottom of the cliffs as my eyes are drawn upwards into the light. … Read the rest
We touch down in Queenstown and it’s snowing.
“It’s summer!” I remark to my friend in disbelief. Three hours ago we left Brisbane and it was 36 degrees Celsius. We disembark and Queenstown is, literally, freezing. … Read the rest