Category: History
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Get outta town – or slow travel on weekends
SLOW TRAVEL #1 Winter in Australia – all over Australia – is not a hardship. Maybe down south there’s snow and drizzle but rarely does it lock residents in their homes for too long. Now I can only speak from my base that is Sydney, Yeah, Sydney people are pretty much big sissies in the…
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SPAIN: Mad for Madrid
It seems that travellers are mad for Spain at the moment, and why not, cities brimming with history, aromatic with the scents of flowers and amazing food and the time-honoured hospitality of this grand old country that is so much more than the sum of its parts. Following is a short trip down memory lane…
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Tasmanian ancestral home beckons
It was a dark and stormy night. How often do you get to say that and it’s true? And it was a dark and stormy night as Hobart, the Tasmanian capital was lashed by one of the worst storms in decades. We drove from Freycinet into Hobart as the weather picked up momentum – rain and…
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Where the art is – try a country town
Hopefully Victoria will rally and the restrictions put on its inhabitants because of this mongel COVID-19 will lift and people will be abe to travel intrastate and interstate again. And where better to go than the rural towns. Following, check out Benalla . . What was guerilla art is now great art. Walls become artworks…
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Sydney: gets its glamp on!
Time to get back into the great outdoors in Sydney, and maybe make an early booking for the best view of the New Year’s Eve firewaorks display over Sydney Harbour Mmmm, damn traffic first thing in the morning. It’s only 7am. I open my eyes, crawl out of bed and check what is outside my…
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USA: get your kicks on Route 66
A pilgrimage is what a drive along Route 66 is today. The fabled road lives in songs and literature and just won’t fade away. This is America’s Main Street. In the earliest days of television in Australia, the black and white screen flickered with many (mostly) American series to entertain the young minds of the…
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How to explore Umbria, Italy
If it wasn’t for the Etruscans, there might not be olive oil or wine in this region of Italy. Let’s head to the hilltop fortress towns of Umbria and enjoy the legacy of the ancient invaders. It had been a carb-overload lunch hosted by chef and pastamaking teacher Lorenzo Polegri, a showman and a man…
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Six fab things to do in Seville . . . or is there a barber in the house?
Discovering a city that oozes personality. Arriving in Seville on a sun-drenched early autumn day will set you up for your senses to be tickled and your spirit to be enriched. This Andalucian metropolis has personality to spare and the sevillanos are out and about in force on a saucy Saturday. Layers of history here…
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Travel to Spain: Make mine a Michelin
Hola! I’m revisiting this post as Spain is the hot spot top visit in 2020. The restaurant is till flourishing and waitig for your attendance. Travelling across the arid plains of the autonomous region handsomely called Extremadura, in Spain, there are sleepy, medieval towns that have not been pillaged by 21st century tourists. The classic…
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