Verona
Where Shakespeare dreamt romance Having learnt our lesson on how to avoid Italian railway scams, we bought the cheap €8 ticket from Bologna to Verona and arrived on a hot autumn day into the city that is fondly called ‘Piccolo … Read More
Fine wine, great meat cuts, medieval towns and the sun – Toscana personified Allora (an oft used Italiano term for ‘So’ or ‘And then..’), here I am, doing next to nothing, save writing this post. Chapter 1: Resident Day Off … Read More
Wine under the Tuscan sun, skinny dipping under the Tuscan moon Post an arvo nap at Pisa, on came the backpacks again and we were en route to Firenze – the city that houses many a famous painting and monument … Read More
The magical 5 villages We had heard all about it, Dee had exhausted every possible blog and site reading about it, and here we were – on a train from Milano to the famed Cinque Terre National park region situated … Read More
So goes without saying that this post will primarily focus on meat – of the culinary variety. Argentina is globally reputed to have the best meat, tender, succulent and above all… it cheap! Our first dinner was at a parilla … Read More
And so after a 14 hour flight via Auckland and some stunning view of the Andes, we touched base onto the city of Buenos Aires. Now Buenos Aires literally translates into ‘good airs’ and boy, I couldnt believe how true … Read More