Pyrenees Wine Region (VIC) Part 1
About two hours west of Melbourne, up the Sunraysia Highway, you reach the town of Avoca, the gateway to the Pyrenees Wine Region in Central Victoria. Avoca is an historic gold mining town, but...
Around the World with Liz Blog
Daytona Beach
The name Daytona instantly conjures up the image of fast cars and the NASCAR race track. It is obviously the magnet for tourists who enjoy the thrill of the speedway. But there are many other drawcards...
Disney – Magic Kingdom
Even more so than at Epcot, we felt we were missing something – children! It is so strange to be queueing up for rides when it’s just a couple of oldies. But the Magic...
Disney – Epcot
Beware the signs all over Kissimmee that advertise cheap tickets to the Disney Parks! We saw the ads in our hotel foyer and thought it was too good a deal to miss. Trouble is,...
Père Lachaise Cemetery
In Europe an interest in cemeteries is not considered morbid or unnatural, for they contain the mortal remains of some of the most famous people in history. The most famous of the French cemeteries...
Kennedy Space Center
As a child of the Age of Space Exploration, I had grown up with tales of mysterious and awe inspiring deeds by both Russian and American astronauts. I remember ducking out of Uni one...
Vaughan Town
No, this is not an actual town in Spain, but part of a concept for teaching English to Spaniards. It was started in 2001 by a Canadian named Richard Vaughan. The system provides English...
Los Angeles
Well, we weren’t meant to be there for more than just flight changes at LAX, but the Fates decreed otherwise. We had been cruising the Caribbean and doing a road trip through Florida and...
Florida Everglades
Coming off a cruise to the Western Caribbean and doing a back-to-back with another to the Southern Caribbean, we found ourselves at Fort Lauderdale with half a day to kill. The term “everglades” had...
