My childhood memories of Easter: painting hard-boiled eggs red with my Russian baboushka; gluing pastel coloured cotton wool balls onto a silly hat (um, I mean, helping my mum make my Easter bonnet for the class competition); aching legs from standing for hours in the incense-filled Russian Orthodox church; wondering why my Easter bonnet didn’t … Read more about Recollecting Easter Holidays and the Renaissance of Caravanning
Here are three more fragrant, flower- filled places you should spend some time in this spring. See my previous post for three more heady destination ideas and the post before that for my criteria for selecting these aromatic spots:3) SYRIA – in the mountains behind the seaside town of Tartus, on the way to delightful … Read more about Places You Must Go This Spring: part 2
It’s time to get out and smell the wildflowers! Pack your walking boots, grab your picnic basket, get on a plane, and prepare to drive through breathtaking scenery. See my previous post for the criteria for selecting these sublime spring destinations:1) CRETE – the isolated eastern coast is dotted with tiny seaside communities of summer … Read more about Places You Must Go This Spring: part 1
We wind down the windows of our car and breathe in the fresh air – it’s fragrant! Floral scents mingle with pine and eucalyptus. Wildflowers carpet the countryside. Butterflies are fluttering about. Turtles cross the road (don’t ask me why). Trees that were bare and lifeless a week ago have come to life and are … Read more about Spring is here!
As you can guess from the title, Travel Blogs: Hand-Picked Tales from the Road is a site featuring the best travel blogs produced by travellers and travel writers. There are regular featured blogs that enjoy the spotlight for a week, along with the Life of a Travel Writer series where professional travel writers are interviewed, … Read more about Life of a Travel Writer