Rome Con Amore
This trip to Rome was more than 30 years overdue, as we planned to travel together in Europe and particularly in Italy, way back when we were still teenagers in Brazil. We travelled to Rome at the...
View ArticleMount Vesuvius and Herculaneum – A Day Trip From Rome
Since we were going to be in Rome for a whole week, we thought a day trip to Naples to visit Mount Vesuvius and the Ancient Roman town of Herculaneum would be doable, and worth the travel. If you...
View ArticleCornwall And a Taste of a Stunning Coastal Path
October 24-26 – To celebrate my birthday, my husband Brian booked us into a gorgeous cliff top hotel by Mullion Cove in West Cornwall for a long weekend. We left home on a Friday morning and...
View ArticleAn Anglo-Brazilian Wedding (Take One…) on The Isle of Wight
2 – 4 of May 2014 – We attended the wedding (Take One) of of our lovely Brazilian niece Caroline, to Englishman Benjamin on the beautiful Isle Of Wight (IOW) just off the South coast of England. The...
View ArticleA Hen Do After She Said I Do
Cheers to the Bride According to Wikipedia a Hen Do or a Bacherolette party is a party held for a woman who is about to get married. It is modelled after the Bachelor party, historically a dinner given...
View ArticleTobago – Hello Old Friend!
Pigeon Point – Tobago 17/02/15 to 03/03/15 – Standing at our hotel balcony and looking across to a sea view made up of blue skies, coconut trees and a pleasant sea breeze, we are so happy to be back...
View ArticleCanela, Brazil – And A Tale Of A Cinnamon Tree
Catedral de Pedra, Canela Canela, is a pretty and picturesque town in the South of Brazil, located at 837 metres above sea level in a region called Serra Gaucha ( Gaucho Highlands) or Regiao das...
View ArticleAn Anglo-Brazilian Wedding (Take 2) in Canela, Brazil
The setting for this Big Fat Brazilian Wedding, was Canela in the deep South of Brazil, the land of the gauchos and Bavarian style architecture, a town situated in the green, lush hills of the “Serra...
View ArticleSouth of Brazil – Canyons and Waterfalls
Canyon Itaimbezinho, Brazil Our time in the South of Brazil was coming to an end, so we wanted to leave on a high note by visiting the Canyons of Itaimbezinho and Fortaleza and also to spend this last...
View ArticleGlamping at Cheddar Gorge, England
Our Pod at Cheddar, Brian cooking our breakfast I am embarrassed to admit that I have only recently found out about Cheddar Gorge in the neighbouring County of Somerset even though I have been living...
View ArticleClimbing Mount Snowdon – The Hardest Hike of my Life
Me at Mount Snowdon – a mountaineer in the make I have never climbed a mountain before, never mind climbing the highest one in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands, but one can argue that...
View ArticleZakynthos, Greece – A Role Reversal, the Daughter Becomes the Mother
View of Navagio Beach, from Anafonitria Chloe and I chose the Gorgeous Greek Island of Zakynthos for our annual mother-daughter holiday in June/2015. Every year the boys go fishing in France, and every...
View ArticleIceland – The Ring Road In A Camper Van – Part 1
From 18/09/15 to 27/09/15 we spent 9 amazing days in Iceland, including 7 days travelling the Ring Road, also known as Route 1 and our final 2 days we spent in Iceland’s Capital – Reykjavik. As we...
View ArticleIceland – The Ring Road In a Camper Van – Part 2
Stunning and peaceful, Iceland’s East Fjords It is day 4 of our road trip and we left the small fishing town of Hofn behind and continued on the Ring Road (Route 1) towards the East Fjords. We knew...
View ArticleIceland – Adding Up the Cost of Our Road Trip
From 18/09/15 to 27/09/15 we travelled around Iceland’s Ring Road in a Camper Van. September is a great time to visit Iceland since in the shoulder season prices are lower, there are less people on...
View ArticleManaging IBS Symptoms When Travelling
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ( IBS ) also known as a Functional Gut Disorder is a benign condition that affects about 15% of people worldwide. The condition is not life threatening and it does not...
View ArticlePen-Y-Fan The Highest Peak in South Wales
James, Brian and me at the misty Pen-Y-Fan Summit Ever since doing my very first mountain hiking up Mount Snowdow, North Wales, in July/15 I felt compelled to hike again and so Brian surprised me by...
View ArticleSensational Seychelles
Praslin, Seychelles Brian and I were truly wowed by the pristine, unspoiled beauty of the Island of Praslin in the Seychelles, our home for two amazing weeks of relaxing, exploring, swimming,...
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