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Meeting Miguel Maestre

We started 2019 with an exciting event, as we were meeting Miguel Maestre. He is a famous Spanish chef and TV celebrity from a number of Australian television shows including The Living Room and Dancing With The Stars. Paisley Park Early Learning Centre Today (12th January 2019) is the official opening of Paisley Park Early Learning Centre. […]

Hoi An For Kids – Top Ten Things To Do

Hoi An for Kids?  Definitely !! Hội An has to be one of the most beautiful towns we have ever visited in the world.  So far we have visited 67 countries, so we are considered to be world travel experts, so this is a big statement for us to say! Hội An is a UNESCO World […]

Five Star Service at Sirkeci Mansion Istanbul

We drove into Istanbul at peak hour.  We arrived in the dark and stopped outside the front door of the Sirkeci Mansion Boutique Hotel.  Like a scene from a movie, staff seemed to spring from nowhere and in one minute our bags were in the lobby, and next thing a staff member (at my suggestion) […]

French Cooking Lessons

French Cooking Lessons We have been house sitting our way around the world. Not always mind you do we house sit, but we always make friends, and this house-sit in France is no different. In fact, the man across diagonally is exceptionally nice to us. You can read about our house sitting here. We had […]

Teaching Children New Culture and Customs

Teaching Children New Culture and Customs We have been invited to stay in Sydney with one of my long-time friends who is about to start with her cooking course on teaching children new culture. We were teenage penpals in high school – myself in Adelaide, Australia; and her in Osaka, Japan. By then, we all […]