“Outside my Front Door” by Expat Explorers
Outside my Front Door is a series of posts by fellow travel bloggers who share what is ... outside of their own front door Helen McClure is the journalist behind Expat Explorers, a website offering free independent travel ideas, inspiration and expat insights. Her...
Turning Japanese in Takayama
Takayama is in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture and is often called Takayama Gifu so as not to confuse it with the other Takayama(s) in Japan. We had read about it and decided that we might to have a look, and all I can say is go .. rugged up. Where is Takayama?...
Bangalow, NSW
Welcome to Bangalow, NSW a small town in the Northern Rivers region of Australia in the Byron Shire. The town is 765 kilometres north of Sydney and 167 kilometres south of Brisbane, just off the Pacific Highway. Outside my Front Door is a series of posts by fellow...
What I must see in Milan
Said rider for both Switzerland and Austria posts on ‘What I must see and do” in that Gordon does not necessarily agree with all of my suggestions. In fairness, he will come up with some others that will be just as interesting. He is a serendipity man. See if Milan’s...
What I must see in Austria
The same rider for our post on what I must see in Switzerland, as apparently Gordon doesn’t always see things clearly at this point. I do not care if it was mostly filmed somewhere else and that the movie isn’t totally accurate, but I am going to sing my little heart...
What I must see in Switzerland
Please note the immediate rider, ‘I’ does not apparently represent ‘we’. We shall see. We are going to Switzerland for 10 days in March. I have always had a fascination with this country and these are the things that I must experience. I want to hear cowbells,...
Germany – “Outside my front door” by Mindoel
Outside my Front Door is a series of posts by fellow travel bloggers who share what is ... outside of their own front door Mindoel writes about her life in Germany and her travels and family. Coming from Indonesia she has some interesting posts. Mindoel is a nickname...
2013 – It was the best of times and the worst of times.
Borrowing from the immortal words of Dickens, 2013- "it was the best of times and the worst of times" and I think that this sums up my year. - Good, because I recovered from a year long illness (a peculiar bug I caught while travelling) that nearly got me...
The sky’s have it on “Date night”
I like date nights. We don't schedule them necessarily but they tend to happen every Friday night, or Saturday brunch or whenever we are able to. This date night was after a particularly stinking hot day and we opted to go to the beach. These are the stunning...
Should we believe travel reviews?
Quite simply and frankly, no. Why? Are we cynical or something? Well yes and no. When I first decided that I wanted to try my hand at writing travel articles, posts, etc., I did what I know a lot of people have – I worked for a “content mill”. I wanted to see whether...
