To borrow the city's own slogan the 'People make Glasgow'. During our four days in Glasgow we met locals who were incredibly polite, super lovely, almost ... Read More
Luxembourg
Luxembourg seemed polarising as a destination - while many people I spoke to rated it and understood why I wanted to explore it, I was also often asked ... Read More
London sky bars and restaurants
I love to seek out beverages in high places when travelling in order to step out of the rush of the city, relax and enjoy the views from floor-to-ceiling ... Read More
Experiencing Barcelona’s Bunkers del Carmel
Barcelona is the city that first made the idea of a world to explore outside of New Zealand real for me. I was 6 years old in 1992 when Barcelona held ... Read More
Exploring Madrid with Secret Food Tours
The highlight of my visit to Madrid was the tour we did with Secret Food Tours. Renee and I met our guide Jorge, complete with an unmissable Orange ... Read More
Thoughts on Lisbon
I always expected to like Lisbon a lot less than Porto, anticipating it would be bigger, busier and more of a 'city'. The way I feel about Auckland in ... Read More
In Porto Gallery Guesthouse
Unless I'm already genuinely interested in staying somewhere, I tend to find hotel review posts a bore to read - especially so when they're blatantly ... Read More
Must-see sights in Porto
It was only by pure luck that Renee and I found our Porto accommodation without stress and only the use of a free map depicting the must-see sights in ... Read More
Tips for attending the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
The Hokitika Wildfoods Festival has been running for 28 years, attracting almost 7000 people with the promise of food items not usually deemed ... Read More
My travel plans and dreams for 2017
2016... what the hell happened? I was pretty determined not to publish my travel plans and dreams for 2017 as so few of 2016's were actually realised. ... Read More
