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Garden Hotel Arezzo Italy

Garden Hotel Arezzo Italy Please vote for me as we would love to win this blog competition and it just takes 1 minute to add your email address and then confirm. Click Here. Accommodation Name: Garden Hotel Arezzo Italy Location:  Battifolle 36 / b – 52100 Arezzo (iscito Casello A1 Arezzi) Telephone:  0575 363363 email: info@gardenhotelarezzo.com website: http://www.gardenhotelarezzo.it […]

Pizza in Pisa – no, we went to IKEA instead

Pizza in Pisa – no, we went to IKEA instead Please vote for me as we would love to win this blog competition and it just takes 1 minute to add your email address and then confirm. Click Here. We have just been and spend several hectic days in Rome, and on the way, we had […]

Rome under Renovation

Rome under Renovation One of the dreams Explorason had at the onset of this trip was to visit The Roman Colosseum.  So with some recent changes in our itinerary, this was a surprising place to be but we are surprised to find a lot of Rome under renovation. There it is before us as we […]

St. Paul de Vence and Antibes France

St. Paul de Vence and Antibes France Please vote for us here and help us win a blogger competition – it takes only 1 minute! We have been to Nice, France for nearly one week. Explorason and I usually want a break after we travel hard, and Morocco was a fast trip for the two […]

Monte Carlo Monaco – 2nd Travel Anniversary

Monte Carlo Monaco on our 2nd Travel Anniversary This is our Travelversary!  And the start of our 3rd continuous year of world travel. Last year we enjoyed dining out for lunch and it in Bolivia, South America. In one of the poorest towns in one of the poorest countries. And this year we dined overlooking the […]

Nice is Nice – France that is !

  Nice is Nice – France that is! Airbnb – You can really get some great properties on there, and so did we. So after we have had a rough flight back from Morocco, with Explorason having gastro, we have spent the night in a chain motel in Marseille, before heading to Nice for our […]

Fabulous Fez or Moroccan Mayhem ?

Fabulous Fez or Moroccan Mayhem? In Meknes, we stayed at the fabulous Riad Hiba where the manager kindly organized us a Grande Taxi to take us to Fez. These taxis are Mercedes Benz. They are old. They don’t have air conditioning, and sometimes they don’t have seat-belts working either. Make no mistake; the Riad staff […]

Chefchaouen Morocco is beautifully blue

Chefchaouen Morocco is beautifully blue We leave Fez early to head to the bus station in a petite taxi. Here we try to negotiate the price of a Grande Taxi, but being tourists everyone is unfortunately out to rip us off. So we head in to get bus tickets and meet two lovely French Canadian […]

Volubilis and Moulay Idriss Morocco

Volubilis and Moulay Idriss, Morocco We have been in Meknes now for a day, and I try where possible to incorporate learning into our travels.  In fact, we believe learning should be a natural part of travel, and I am disappointed when others just shop, eat and do the tourist thing.  When in a country […]

Treated like royalty at Riad Hiba Meknes Morocco

Treated like royalty at Riad Hiba Meknes Morocco   Prior to our arrival in Meknes, the taxi driver rang ahead to this Riad. When we arrived, they sent a man to come and assist us with our bags, and to find the hotel. It is one street off the main road, and right at the […]

Meknes Morocco at Ramadan – What a celebration !

Meknes Morocco at Ramadan – what a celebration! The BIG SQUARE as they refer to it in Meknes is the place where all the action is. And today being the day after (or the day after that?) Ramadan is facially over means it is party and celebrations everywhere. Explorason has a rod placed in his […]

Sahara Desert to ancient Meknes Morocco

The Sahara Desert to ancient Meknes Morocco “Get up”.  An abrupt Berber wakes us up and tells us to “get on the camel”. I quickly change into long pants and wash my face, and find my stuff in the dark. I’ve hardly slept, and this camp has no breakfast.  We have to be on camels […]