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Riomaggiore, Day 1
I ran from my train to the front of the station to meet Sheldon, found her, gave her a big hug and we made the mad dash to find our train. In the train there was a bunch of kerfuffle as apparently the...
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Riomaggoire, Day 2
We found a quaint breakfast spot and through a little language confusion ended up with some of what we ordered and some of what we didn’t! Beautiful little place off the main road. We took the train...
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Riomaggiore to Milan
Our last day in Cinque Terre (cue sad face), we are up and packed and down for breakfast with a cranky Italian waiter who Is super pissed at us for coming in for breakfast. I mean, how dare we visit a...
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Milan to Dubrovnik – a fairly decent mess
Well it’s 10.30am and I’ve had a hell of a morning already!! Up early (yuck), get to train station, missed original train. This was okay, the next one got us there just in time. Couldn’t find the...
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Sail Croatia, Day One
We checked out of our cute attic and had breakfast on the waterfront. Figs and kransky’s were my favourite so I had platefuls – it was a buffet. After fluffing around, trying to make SIM cards work...
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Island Hopping, Croatia
I’d love to tell you the names of the places we have been visiting… But I really don’t recall! Apart from Hvar, that’s an easy one to remember. The others were smaller and not well known. Days 2-4, we...
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Island Hopping, Part 2, Croatia
Days 4-7 were just more drunken debauchery with a side of site seeing. Thank goodness the day after Carpe Diem was a rest day, tanning on top of the boat. We docked at Stari Grad, wandered the small...
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Croatia to Barcelona
We left the boat early in the morning, everyone feeling pretty average. Asti has booked a hotel the night before to try sleep off her illness in comfort, the rest of us were a pack of coughing,...
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Barcelona
We awoke to our AirBnB host, Mario, making us breakfast in the kitchen, croissants, cake and toast galore. Sweet touch. The girls set off on a walking tour I had also planned to go on but I’d really...
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Barcelona to Lisbon
Gem and I went in search of a fresh breakfast (my waistline is seriously expanding) after seeing a market on Las Ramblas a few days before. I got a beautiful little tray of berries. Blackberries,...
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Lisbon to Lagos
I did my first ever free walking tour in the morning in Lisbon. Gemma had raved about them but I was still feeling pretty shite and worried I couldn’t keep up. Sweating bullets before we even left!...
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Lagos
We had all great intentions to get up early and make the most of the day… I woke up at 10.30. It was the best sleep is had in a LONG time. I hadn’t even had a coughing fit during the night! We went in...
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Seville
We made it inside the Cathedral, the 3rd biggest in the world after St Peters and St Pauls (of which I’ve visited both), another beautiful piece of architecture. We looked around with our audio guides...
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Seville to Granada
We changed our bus to an earlier one from Seville to Granada as we had done most of what we wanted there. Luckily it was an easy exercise. In Granada we had booked a really cute hostel which was more...
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Miami Memories
This morning I went for a walk in some pants I hadn’t worn for a long time and they bought back this hilarious memory I have from when I was visiting Miami a few years ago. I’d just finished a big...
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Mudjimba weekend getaway
Yup, you read that right, Mudjimba. It’s on the Sunny Coast about 15 mins past Mooloolaba. After some unexpected circumstances saw us lose our preplanned weekend accomodation at the last minute, we...
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Mooloolaba Fish Market & the Deck on Parkyn
Whenever I’m on the Sunshine Coast I visit the fisheries on the spit for some beautiful seafood. I’d love to say that I look around all the items and choose the best catch of the day, and while I do...
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Groove Train Kawana Waters
Alfresco dining – tick Large menu choice – tick Cool beer on tap – tick Fantastic customer service – tick Ample parking – tick Strawberry and Nutella calzone – tick, tick tick! After a lovely,...
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Harlem Perspective, NYC
I’ve visited New York a number of times now and this time I wanted something a little different. I usually stay in midtown and a friend offered for me to stay with her in Harlem – an area I haven’t...
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Coconut Hotel Waikiki Bliss
Ever had one of those travel experiences where you just couldn’t wait to be at your destination? You know the ones… flight delay, long flight, crying babies, crappy airport food. Well I had a fairly...
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