We haven’t been everywhere, but we’re working on it! We did the whole back-packing thing a while ago, so now we like to travel a little more comfortably. Read on for travel tips and stories of Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Australia and the South Pacific… so far!
Gelato is Italian for ice-cream, right? Wrong! I took my friend from Italy to Gelato Messina in Sydney – probably the best frozen dessert shop in the country. My friend agreed that it was the best ice-cream she’d had in Australia, but that it wasn’t gelato. There’s a big difference between the two. Like Italian … Read more
Imagine standing at the Trevi fountain, staring into the stone eyes of the gods, eating on the best damn gelato you’ve ever had. Got it? Well it’s not such an impossible dream. We thought we could bring you one step closer to realizing your dream by finding the best places in Rome for gelato. So … Read more
What’s your idea of paradise? If it’s an island in the Pacific Ocean with a luxury resort built by a millionaire, then you’ll love Hayman Island. Hayman is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands off the east coast of Australia, overlapping the Great Barrier Reef in Northern Queensland. The resort itself, built by aeronautical … Read more
Sometimes where you stay on holiday is just a place to lay your head. It’s a place to keep the valuables safe you don’t want to carry around with you all day… though I did have a belt stolen from my hotel room in Prague once. Anyway, here are some hotels you’d want to spend … Read more
Bored of staying in the same old generic hotel? Hate being just another pillow-flattener in a room identical to all the others in the corridor? How about this place for a step outside that box room into first class – Jumbo Stay Hotel, Sweden, where you sleep on a plane: Rates: from AU/US$72, £46 for … Read more
The traffic, the markets, the street hawkers, the grime; the food carts, the temples, the madness, the crime… it’s what makes this iconic South-East Asian capital buzz. It’s what you think of when you hear the word ‘Bangkok’. But way above the steam and noise of Bangkok’s sprawling, festering street life, serenity can be found. … Read more
What is it about a rooftop bar? Perhaps it’s drinking champagne with the city at your feet. Maybe it’s the feeling of the stars above you with a cocktail in your hand. Or it could just be the glamour of fine wine with your fine wife. Of course, it could just be that being up … Read more
Why is Australia so damn freaky?! We’ve travelled a fair bit around this amazing island continent and it has never failed to impress me with its weird-ass beauty. It’s the Cameron Diaz of countries: sometimes it looks like a class A model, other times it’s so strange, it just looks wrong. Early explorers didn’t have … Read more
I remember seeing something on TV once where a woman had her bag searched at customs. The officer commented on her packing skills, saying it was the neatest, most organized suitcase he’d ever seen. I’m not like that… but I’m not like Huckleberry Fin either. In the same way taking something apart is easier than … Read more
When two people run a blog together, things aren’t always easy. When those two people are married, things can get even more complicated. One thing that we often have trouble with is deciding what to write about. This time, the ‘discussion’ was about Monday and Tuesday’s travel posts. Mrs Romance had the idea of publishing … Read more