In a couple of months hubby and I are visiting Sydney. It’s a great city with a gorgeous harbor and lots to do. I highly recommend a visit if you’re heading down this end of the world. Thirteen Places to Visit While in Sydney 1. The harbor bridge. Walk across it,...
Last year one of our final stops during our cruise was the island of Madeira. We weren’t meant to visit the island, but Hurricane Sandy meant a change to our itinerary. Not such a bad thing since Madeira is beautiful. So what can you do in Madeira? 1. Take the cable...
Last week I took a day off writing and went on a wine tasting tour with Barry’s Wine Tours. After managing to cause a little chaos, (I got lost and went to the wrong meeting point) we headed to Kumeu, a region I’d only driven through before. Twenty minutes after...
The Acropolis towers over Athens, an amazing place to visit with so much history. This time we didn’t queue with all the crowds, since we’d visited before. Instead we made a stop at the New Acropolis Museum. This was a modern building with lots of glass, and it holds...
One great thing about traveling is trying the local food. During our visit to Athens in Greece last year we were wandering through the Plaka area and came across Scholarhio Ouzeri Kouklis, a small traditional family restaurant. While perusing the menu we saw that chef...
Regular visitors will know how much I love to travel. In fact on my last travel post several of you commented – “Where haven’t you been?” This TT proves I still have plenty of places on my wish list. Thirteen Places on Shelley’s Wishlist 1. Antarctica 2. Nelson, New...
I took a load of photos over Christmas, photos of the different Hawaiian islands we visited plus shipboard shots. Unfortunately disaster struck and hubby managed to delete every single photo on my digital card. There was much cursing and swearing on his part and I...
I can’t decide if this is for real or not. But then anything is possible in LA. What do you think?
In honor of the release of the nominations for the 85th Academy awards I thought I’d post a few photos from our recent trip to Los Angeles. We did the touristy thing, visiting many places around LA that we’d seen on television and in movies. This photo was taken from...
