Chapelle St Rita in the Heart of Seedy Pigalle

Next time you’re in Paris visiting Butte Montmartre and you’ve made a stop at boulevard de Clichy to snap a few photographs of the Moulin Rouge, turn around. Located directly ...CONTINUE READING

Venice under Acqua Alta

Venice was overflowing. A sea of tourists packed every vaporetto, fondamente and laneway around St Mark’s square making it difficult to move. Reaching Piazza San Marco was an exercise in ...CONTINUE READING

A Quintessentially Italian Photo Quiz

How do you know you're in Italy? Take the quiz and test your knowledge of Italy through the photographs below. [singlepic id=648 w=580 h=387] 1. When you see the distinct green colour ...CONTINUE READING

How Your Blog Can Turn Your Holiday into Work

It happened in Venice. We had been on the go for nineteen days. We had traversed thousands of kilometres, crossed several time zones and visited eleven cities and towns. Had ...CONTINUE READING

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February 9th, 2010 | No Comment
Chapelle St Rita in the Heart of Seedy Pigalle

Next time you’re in Paris visiting Butte Montmartre and you’ve made a stop at boulevard de Clichy to snap a few photographs of the Moulin Rouge, turn around. Located directly behind the fabled cabaret, at number 65 next to a budget hotel and sex shops is Chapelle Sainte Rita.

Known as the patron saint of desperate [...]

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February 8th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Venice under Acqua Alta

Venice was overflowing. A sea of tourists packed every vaporetto, fondamente and laneway around St Mark’s square making it difficult to move. Reaching Piazza San Marco was an exercise in patience. Blocks of awe-struck tourists shuffled en masse then came to a halt as no one could advance any further. The piazza was under Acqua [...]

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Postcards, Travel

February 4th, 2010 | 3 Comments
A Quintessentially Italian Photo Quiz

How do you know you’re in Italy? Take the quiz and test your knowledge of Italy through the photographs below. 1. When you see ...

Opinion

February 2nd, 2010 | 8 Comments
How Your Blog Can Turn Your Holiday into Work

It happened in Venice. We had been on the go for nineteen days. We had traversed thousands of kilometres, crossed several time zones ...

Culinaria, Travel

February 1st, 2010 | 4 Comments
Food Festival Comes to Mogliano Veneto

Unlike its more popular cousins, the northern Italian town of Mogliano Veneto does not attract many tourists. One quick stroll through its quiet ...

Postcards, Travel

January 29th, 2010 | 12 Comments
Twilight Tango Along the Seine

I could have chosen any of the 408 photographs I took during a twilight Bateaux Mouches cruise in Paris. They certainly would have ...

Travel

January 28th, 2010 | 8 Comments
5 Rules of Driving in Sicily

I openly declare that I was a back seat driver. I was also a pedestrian, a keen observer, a commentator, photographer and note-scribbler. The ...

Postcards, Travel

January 26th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Australia Day – Icons, Flags and BBQs

Australia Day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson, New South Wales in 1788, commandeered by Captain Arthur Phillip. ...

Culinaria

January 26th, 2010 | 3 Comments
The Truth About Aussie Chooks

A reader living abroad asked where he could find the best chicken in Australia. I explained that the best chicken in the land ...

Music

January 25th, 2010 | No Comment
Mozart l’Opéra Rock: The Soundtrack of My Trip to Paris

In the warm comfort of our Parisian hotel room, the day’s photos are downloading on to the laptop.  The music channel is humming ...

Blog News

January 24th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Website Additions and Changes

As a website grows and expands, it is important to review and reassess our needs as well as take into consideration the pattern ...

Travel

January 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Norias of Hama in Syria

The mere mention of the name Hama, the Syrian town 140 km south of Aleppo, triggers images of giant waterwheels gently turning along ...

Culinaria

January 20th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Sadaharu Aoki at Lafayette Gourmet

It’s not always possible to photograph food in one’s travels. Waving a digital SLR in front of window displays in certain parts of ...

Opinion

January 19th, 2010 | 7 Comments
Snubbing the Compatriot

One of the pleasures of travel is to broaden the mind beyond one’s little corner of the universe. Unexpected experiences await those without ...

Culinaria

January 18th, 2010 | 7 Comments
6 Coffee Facts I Learnt in Italy

During my recent twenty day sojourn in Italy, I had the opportunity to sample a lot of coffee. Whether it was sipped along ...

Postcards, Travel

January 15th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Meeting Quasimodo in Paris

This man must have made a killing. Dressed as Quasimodo in front of Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Paris, many tourists had no qualms ...