The trip from Lisbon to Marrakech was a bit of a marathon. It was always going to be a bit untidy as I had a plane change at Madrid on the way through. I complicated things further by turning up to the wrong Lisbon Airport Terminal to catch a plane that had left 10min before … More Marrakech | February 2017
I loved Portugal. The streets are alive with entertainment day and night. The Portuguese seem relaxed and friendly. The city is easy to navigate your way around on foot or tram. And the pastel de nata are mouth wateringly delicious! … More Lisbon | February 2017
After a 20 hour flight from Perth (with quick stop in Doha to change planes) I arrived in Barcelona, my entry point to Europe. I emerged from the subway on Passeig de Gracia, bleary eyed, tired and a bit disorientated to see this…. Casa Batllo, a masterpiece of the renowned Catalan modernisme architect Antoni Gaudí. … More Barcelona | February 2017
I arrived in Lisbon mind-muddlingly tired five days after landing on the Iberian Peninsula. Barcelona had been a whirling mix of confusion, excitement, child-like joyfulness tempered with just a dash of gauche self-consciousness. … More Week One | tired and ticked off
Plitvice Lakes is one of those places that really does deserve the ‘natural wonder’ epithet. As you walk along the easy to navigate boardwalk, just when you think that it can’t get any better than this, it does! … More What a wonder!
A brief summary of some of my plans for March. … More Scandinavia in March
A brief summary of some of my plans for February. … More A teaser of all the fun of February
For the first time in my memory the end of January is not filled with thoughts of returning to school; and I’m not really missing it too much…. … More School Friends
As I’ve got older I’ve started to wonder more and more about what we are really celebrating on the 26th January. It’s a celebration that seems, like us as a nation, quite conflicted. … More Australia Day
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