Are you looking for ideas for a great day trip from Paris? You should definitely consider visiting Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny. Located just 70 kilometres northwest of Paris, you don’t even need to be an art lover to enjoy the gardens that inspired impressionist...
Visiting a cemetery is probably not the first thing you think of when planning a trip to Paris. Would I be right? But I would actually recommend a visit to the Père Lachaise Cemetery – it’s beautiful, it’s tranquil. It has some amazing, hauntingly...
Whenever my partner Jonathan and I arrived in a new city, we always enjoyed going on food tours. A food tour is such a great way to experience a city, plus I love eating! In the past, we have done excellent food tours in New York and also in our hometown,...
Athens, Greece is captivating. It’s a high-octane mix of urban intensity and dynamic contemporary culture in timeless, serene setting. This lively Mediterranean city offers a surprisingly relaxed quality of everyday life. It can be a great place to live for a month or...
A Stroll Around Buskett Gardens Verdala Palace Overlooking Buskett Gardens Jonathan and I might be biased, but we do live in the most picturesque and scenic part of Malta. Overlooking the Grand Harbour, the area is packed full of historic sites, ancient forts, even an...
If you have been following our adventures around Sicily, you may have noticed that as well as the fabulous scenery, incredible architecture, we were rather taken with the Sicilian food. You know how delicious food is when it’s made with love, well that’s Sicilian...
Ragusa, Sicily When we started doing our research on what to see and do in Sicily, we were amazed at just how many Sicily itineraries tried to cover the whole island in a week. That’s fine if time is short and you don’t mind rushing from site to site, but Sicily is...
Ragusa Ibla Viewed from Ragusa Superiore After a relaxing two days in the Sicilian countryside, it was time to move on. Our lovely hosts at Kapuhala dropped us off at nearby Rosolini station for the just over an hour train journey to Ragusa, a UNESCO town, where we...
