Author: Liz
The Picturesque Cinque Terre
The Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast of Italy are a photographer’s delight. These five villages cling to narrow bays and steep hillsides between Porto Venere and La Spezia. Their vibrantly coloured houses, rocky seafronts and marinas full...
Sardinian Vacation
Clark Griswold has nothing on me – whatever could go wrong on this vacation, did. We chose to go to Sardegna (Sardinia) after our week in Tuscany, as we had a week to spare...
Pompeii and Pizza
When you go to Naples there are two must do’s – Pompeii and Pizza. Naples is Italy’s third largest city after Rome and Milan, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the...
Catania and Taormina
Another port, another tour. This time we used the company ‘Sicily with Mario’. He had good reviews on TripAdvisor and they were well deserved. Our driver was very accommodating, to the point that he...
Just a little taste!
Finding ourselves with a little time on our hands on the way back home from a country wedding, we allowed ourselves a little indulgence in our long-time hobby of wine tasting. The two areas...
A Day in Montenegro
Montenegro is one of those European places that I have always been curious about, being out of the main tourist drag. The wars in the former Yugoslavia crippled the tourism industry, but increasingly, with...
Packing it in
(Photo courtesy Australian Frequent Flyers) It pays to be organised when travelling, particularly with your luggage. With many airlines cracking down on carry-on size and weight limits, it is worth taking the time to...
The Amalfi Coast
We’ve been to the Amalfi Coast twice now. The first was during a driving holiday in Italy and it was an unnerving experience for a number of reasons. I was driving along the freeway near Salerno,...
