Category Archives: Travel

Santorini on a budget

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Bec

Santorini is widely regarded as one of the most expensive Greek Islands; a place for honeymooners and those who want to fork out big bucks for infinity pools and that perfect view. While I think it’s more fun to go … Continue reading →

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A sisterly reunion on Crete: part 2

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Bec

So in my last post I spoke of the gamble of going to any of Crete’s ‘hype beaches’ where you battle crowds and insane traffic to get a tiny slice of so-called heaven. Well there is one hype beach I … Continue reading →

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A sisterly reunion on Crete: part 1

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Bec

For the majority of our respective 20s my sister and I have been ships in the night, stopping only for brief catch ups between our lives in Melbourne, Canberra, Vienna, Samoa, Kalgoorlie, London and Rwanda. As babies we grew up … Continue reading →

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A very London sunset

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Bec

Upon our return to London after the Scottish wedding we pushed our way out of the stuffy tube station, dragging our battered bags behind us. After a brief disagreement with the ticket barriers we made our way into the fresh … Continue reading →

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Incredible Edinburgh and a Scottish wedding

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Bec

For our entire trip, the spiel about our travel plans always ended a bit like this “… and then we go to Scotland for our friends’ wedding”. So you can imagine the excitement and the anticipation leading up to the … Continue reading →

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12 things we did in London (some for free!)

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Bec

So here I am again, about to apologise for my lapse in posting. I suppose I should spare you all a hollow ‘sorry’ and just cut to the chase, shouldn’t I? For the last month we’ve been staying with extraordinarily … Continue reading →

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9 things that surprised me about Ireland

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Bec

Gaelic language is quite widespread The Irish language is on all the road, tourist and information signs, on menus and the train and tram stops were announced in Gaelic and then in English. I suppose I had wrongly assumed Gaelic … Continue reading →

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Hanging out on the Emerald Isle

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Bec

Greetings from Ireland! This place is as lush, green and drenched in Guinness and glorious music as you could ever imagine. We landed just over 3 weeks ago and after breezing through immigration (seriously, the immigration officer told has to … Continue reading →

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The creepy house on top of The Met

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Bec

We finished up our time in North America with a few excellent days in NYC. It was so much fun to do things we didn’t get around to last time, plus a few things I’ve never done there. On our first … Continue reading →

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3 delicious things we ate in Montreal

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Bec

Bonjour! It’s a completely bizarre concept to an Australian that you can drive a couple of hundred kilometres and suddenly be unable to speak the local language. Firstly, because driving a couple of hundred kilometres usually gets you nowhere in Australia and … Continue reading →

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