The Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, big hills with cop cars bouncing after villains – San Fran has it all. Here we go with our US trip in Instragram fun! Look how happy Mrs Romance is as she leaps aboard an empty tram and attempts to steal it. We didn’t end up riding the old style … Read more
And we’re off! Mr and Mrs Romance are in America on an incredible tour that will take us from the west coast of California to Illinois to the east coast and New York City. Here we tell our story through the Instagram pictures we’ve created. We leave Sydney in the pouring rain. Great how it … Read more
I don’t think ‘excited’ really cuts it. Not for describing how Mrs Romance is feeling right now. Though if ‘excited’ describes someone who is dorky-dancing constantly and leaping from foot to foot, yammering away and not being able to concentrate on anything for longer than 12 seconds, then ok, Mrs Romance is ‘excited’. Why is she … Read more
Weekends away kick ass. There’s nothing better than fleeing the city or heading somewhere new for those two little days that make the rest of the week worth living. But with flight companies hitting you up for checking in luggage, your budget suffers and so does your enjoyment of the trip. Not to mention that … Read more
Last weekend saw Mrs Romance and me zoom off the edge of the digital map and away from all things Net-based. We were visiting friends in a little town in rural New South Wales called Putty. In this oddly named little town of no more than 200 people, there was no 3G, our phones had … Read more
Typical of all good Melbourne finds, the Cosmopolitan Hotel is tucked away down a side street. A block or two back from the St Kilda coastline, The Cosmo peeps round the corner at you and beckons to you like a cheeky Shakespearean sprite. We were happy we followed the sprite’s bidding – the hotel ticks … Read more
When I was a kid, we couldn’t afford to go away overseas. Clearly we couldn’t afford a hotel either because for us, camping was the holiday of choice. There’s nothing like bunkering down with only a thin film of fabric between you and the Great British summer – it’s a harrowing thought. For that reason, … Read more
How many beaches are there in Sydney? Any guesses? There are around 70 surf beaches between Palm Beach and Cronulla Beach, and dozens of beaches within the Harbour. With so many places along Sydney’s coastline to catch waves, rays and a face-full of sand, it’s hard to know where’s good to go. Well, here’s a … 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