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!
Growing up in England, the only swimming pools I knew of were the municipal ones, full of verrucas and floating Band Aids – and the outdoor one of my preschool. That’s right, my preschool had an outdoor pool. In England. Teachers would make us children learn to swim in this horrible chlorine-rich soup in the … Read more
Tell me you don’t like the idea of a Pacific island holiday and watch me laugh in your face! Everyone does. There’s no theory, reason, or evidence that you could produce that would make me change my mind. I tell you what, let’s do it the other way round. Let me tell you some things … Read more
Here we are again. Monday. But it’s not all bad. Here are some amazing photos of a far-away place that’ll grease the rails to help you through the week. This Monday, Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Click here for our full review on Efate Island and Port Vila – Vanuatu’s capital. If you want to … Read more
*The most exciting thing about He Said, She Said is wondering if we’ll still be married by the end of each post! We both write on the same topic but only get to read the other’s work after it’s published.* He said: Packing is like trying to shove your guts back in when you’ve been … Read more
Want to see something beautiful enough to drag you out of your weekday funk? Ready to unshoulder the burden of work for a little while? Escape with us to Zante, Greece – just for a little while! Zante – or Zakynthos to its locals – has a rare coastal treasure. In 1980, the Greek navy … Read more
This may or may not help your Monday-itis, but we like to start the week dreaming of travel! We took these photos in Zante, Greece. Here we are at Xygiá Beach and the underwater sulphur springs, and looking through the natural arches. If you’d like to go to there, read our post about our trip … Read more
“Let’s just stick a pin in a map and go there.” It’s a romantic idea, isn’t it? But have any of us really followed it through? Whenever I try it, I usually hit an ocean or a desert or a slum. Fail! Well, there is a place that, wherever the pin lands, you’re guaranteed incredible … Read more
The dust on the road was thick enough for us to look back and feel like spacemen. Our footprints, three inches deep, showed us the progress we had made as the sun burnt down and Tanna Island dared us to find our private piece of Vanuatu. It’s only a 45 minute flight south from Vanuatu’s … Read more
The drive to Perugia from Rome really isn’t a big deal. If you’re Italian. I’m not Italian and it was an escapade that – although surrounded by the most beautiful scenery you can imagine – was heroic. It’s a word I like to use about my driving as often as possible. As we made our … Read more
Imagine crossing an arched threshold of old limestone brick and being instantly shifted back to the Middle Ages. This is pretty much what happens as you walk through any one of the many gates of the great Margaret Wall that surrounds the gem of Estonia, Tallinn Old Town. How do you get to Tallinn Old … Read more