Riviera to Champagne ~ via Le Route Napoleon So now for one of the highlights of our road trip, the drive from Grasse through Digne to Sisteron along the Route Napoleon. The current Route Napoléon, first opened in 1932, follows the route taken by Napoléon I in 1815 on his march from Elba to Grenoble. … More Vive le France ! – Road Trip Part 4 – 2016

  Aix en Provence and the French Riviera So now we were deep in the South of France, beyond most of the flooding and road blocks and collapses. Time to head across to Nice for a bit of R&R and to meet up with Erin, but first there was some serious eating to be done…. … More Vive le France ! – Road Trip Part 3 – 2016

  Paris to The Lovely Loire, and all roads lead to Provence Stop reading and delete now if you get annoyed with hearing about amazing meals, splendiferous scenery, inappropriate drinking behaviours and random weird experiences that we seem to find ourselves involved in.  Otherwise enjoy the next bit of our adventure…. When we left you … More Vive le France ! – Road Trip Part 2 – 2016

Paris to get the ball rolling…..but first ~ One night in Bangkok Well, it’s been a while since we’ve been away and bored you with these inane updates of our wanderlust – exactly a year in fact, since we were in Italy for Rachel & Giuseppe’s wedding; a fantastic trip. On the back of that … More Vive le France ! – Road Trip Part 1 – 2016

Tuesday morning we were picked up nice and early to be driven across the island to catch a speed boat over to Nusa Lembongan, departing from the beautiful, yellow sand beach side resort town of Sanur.  Really well organised. The boat ride is about 30mins across a pretty serious bit of ocean.  And we are in … More All the NUSA’s – Lembongan, Ceningan and Penida – just beautiful !

  Eating, drinking, shopping around South Bali After another amazing breakfast at the Lanai Cafe of Nasi Goreng, fresh mixed fruit juice, potato Rosti, grilled tomatoes, eggs, banana pancakes, deep strong Bali Coffee and god knows what else we had to walk to escape a food coma.  And this cost $18.00 (180,000IDR).  Outrageous. Anyway……Now for the … More Legian, Kuta, Seminyak, Canggu & all the faves

On Nyepi Day, it is the law that you are not allowed to leave your house, hotel, accommodatIon for any reason. If you are found on the street, the Army who are patrolling the streets will arrest you and throw you in the lock up till the next day – they take this stuff seriously. … More Nyepi (Silent) Day – and the days after…..

Salamat Pagi from the good old “Isle of Smiles” – Bali! Strap yourselves in, this is a long one….. When we got back from France and Belfast last June, Karen decided we needed a holiday…..and as luck would have it good old Jetstar had a pretty significant discounted airfare to Bali.  So on a whim … More Bali Hai !