About an hour north of Fezzano, the small town of Borgo Val di Taro sits in the beautiful Alta Taro valley in the Apennine mountains. It’s an area renowned for natural beauty and fine food, including production of that legendary… Continue Reading →

The day began with a trip to the post office – always an adventure here, though not always a successful one. We’d bought small gifts for our granddaughters, Aila and Billy – both of whom turn 10 in September –… Continue Reading →

Last time we were in Italy, we spent a good part of the summer in a village on the shores of the Gulf of La Spezia in Liguria. Fezzano is one of 13 villages dotted around the bay and, in… Continue Reading →

We’re back. A lot has happened in the three and a half years since we were last in Italy, not least being the global pandemic that shocked and rocked the world. Covid certainly made us more cautious about travelling, and… Continue Reading →

It’s been a busy few weeks. The highlight, of course, was celebrating Gracie and Nate’s beautiful wedding in the Yarra Valley; what a wonderful, love- and laughter-filled day that was. Since then we’ve been here in Brisbane, getting our home… Continue Reading →

What a time to land back in Brisbane. Warm weather, flowering jacarandas, cackling kookas and swooping magpies. And that view across the hills of the inner west – pitched tin roofs, skinny stilt legs and lacy-latticed verandahs. Of all the… Continue Reading →

It’s that time. After more than two years away, we’re heading home. Though the journey isn’t quite over yet. We’re travelling east via the Trans-Siberian Railway – 76-hundred kilometres, three countries (Russia, Mongolia and China), six time zones. Moscow to… Continue Reading →

From Poland we ventured north to the Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The people of the Baltics have suffered through a long history of occupation; it was only as recently as the 1990s that the States broke free… Continue Reading →

Gdansk is a small Polish port on the edge of the Baltic Sea. It’s not one of the great cities of the world. It’s not a cultural capital. It’s not a gastronomic powerhouse. But it is one of the most… Continue Reading →

When we decided to head to Poland, several people advised us to skip Warsaw in favour of the southern city of Krakow. The current capital is a big, industrial city without much to recommend it, they said. Whereas Krakow –… Continue Reading →