Well here we are on our last stop of our big trip - Dubai. We’ve been enjoying the heat (not) and the hospitality of Brad, Suzie, Riley, Kelsey and their friends. We were taken to the Friday Brunch that has become somewhat of a tradition among the ex-pat community over here and enjoyed an all you can eat and drink fest for four hours before retiring by the pool and finishing off the beers. We (naturally) had a sleep in on Saturday before our local guide (aka Brad) took us to a few of the sights and returned us back to [View Full Entry]

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When we left Britain in February we really didn’t want to return. We found though as we touched down in London that we were really looking forward to our week here. It was like a completely different country to the one we left in February. The sun was shining, the squirrels and birds were out and the flowers were in bloom. When we left it was grey, cold, wet and downright bloody miserable. We had a very very long list of things we wanted to see and do during our week in London and really tried to fit in as many [View Full Entry]

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We arrived utterly exhausted from our tour of Egypt utterly desperate for a Laundromat to wash our clothes at. We’d gone for wayyyy to long without a machine wash and the old handwash in the basin was losing its effect. The family was there to meet us at the hotel and it was lovely to see them again and we couldn’t believe how much Kaylah had grown up since we’ve been gone. We had a day in Istanbul before our tour began and took the time to catch up on some sleep and visit the Bazaar. After that though, we were [View Full Entry]

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Well we sure got what we asked for when we woke up on our first day in Cairo....sun! Southern Morocco was nice and warm but Fes and Casa were around 15 when we were there so we really weren’t prepared for the 40 degree heat that awaited us in Egypt. We booked a 9 day tour of Egypt, deciding that of all the countries we were visiting on this trip, Egypt was the one that we’d most likely be thankful for a guided tour. We were right and our tour and guide were fantastic. We had a ball. Our first stop [View Full Entry]

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When you’re about to land in Morocco and you’re still not sure if you need a visa to get in ... ”always look on the bright side of life...do do ... da da da da da da”. When you’re luggage still hasn’t arrived an hour after your flight has landed ... ”always look on the bright side of life...do do ... da da da da da da”. When your arranged transfer isn’t waiting for you after you finally get your luggage ... ”always look on the bright side of life...do do ... da da da da da da”. When you realise [View Full Entry]

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Hola! Well folks, summer is here!!! Finally. For us it has been a looooonnggg, cold and grey winter and with a combination of heading further south, hitting April and starting daylight savings Summer has arrived. It was so lovely to be able to stroll around at 7 in the evening without a big jacket on and it still be light. Not to mention how wonderful it is to be warmed by sunshine. We flew out of Milan on Easter Sunday and into Barcelona. Upon arriving we realised, we’re becoming true blue carefree Aussie backpackers, we knew no Spanish except gracias which [View Full Entry]

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So here we are, home of the Renaissance - Firenze, Italia. We made our way from Sorrento to Naples, leaving our ability to buy tickets and board the train we intended on catching on time in the hands of the travel gods. They were kind and we made it with moments to spare. Damn, we’re getting good at this travelling thing (touch wood!). So anyway, art lovers will know all about Florentine art and the Renaissance but as we had no idea about any of it before we started this trip here is the low down. The “Renaissance” means re-birth. Rome [View Full Entry]

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From Rome we travelled south and further inland to experience a bit of Italia agroturismo on the outskirts of a small town named Sora. Italy is packed with these farmstays and we thought we’d chosen a “real” one - that is, one that was more into showcasing the natural beauty and produce of the region than squeezing as many Euros as they can out of visitors. It turns out our farmstay wasn’t as “real” as we’d hoped, but at the same time it wasn’t that bad. The scenery was beautiful and while the manager and his mum (who didn’t seem too [View Full Entry]

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Ciao Ciao Well here we find ourselves in the centre of the ancient world - Roma! To be honest, while we were looking forward to seeing the sights and ticking the big box that is Rome, we were expecting to not enjoy Rome. We were expecting pickpockets galore, bad food, crazy Italians, everything so expensive we can’t eat, 2 hour waits for all the sights and a typical “big city” feel. Upon landing at Rome’s Leondardo Da Vinci airport and effortlessly catching the “Leonardo Express” train right into the main train station which happened to be 200 metres from our apartment [View Full Entry]

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Dobry den Well we’re writing this on our last night in the Czech Republic, in fact our last night in Eastern Europe (I think our first “real time” blog so far - woohoo!). We decided to return to our favourite places from summer - Krakow, Poland and Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic. We are so glad that we decided to return as we’ve had an absolute ball revisiting these fantastic and beautiful parts of the world. It has also been a wonderful experience being able to visit them in two very different seasons and also to see how this area of Europe [View Full Entry]

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