Navigating our 7th Decade
Why Our 2-Cup Bialetti Moka Pot is the Best Travel Coffee Maker for Every Adventure. When it comes to travel essentials, our 2-cup Bialetti espresso maker is one of the first items that goes in the suitcase. And that’s irrespective of where we are headed to. What a lucky Bialetti! It’s been all over Europe, Australasia, Southern Africa and parts in between! It’s been camping in the wild, stayed in …
So this is the second in the series of notable haircut experiences I have had while on our travels. I plan to add to the series as we go along…..even though the amount of hair to cut is disappearing fast!! It should be noted that these haircuts do not require high tech tools or an abundance of hair cutting talent. This is because, sadly but inevitably, there is not that …
It’s hard to argue with the fact that Italian cuisine is soothing and comforting. It is delicious and made with only the freshest of ingredients. It is often served with straightforward wines delivered in enormous jugs. These meals are typically enjoyed by a large number of family members and friends who are catching up in large, raucous parties. We adore it for each and every one of these reasons. Because …
There is nothing we love more than wandering through markets all over the world, talking to locals and finding out how to cook, or sometimes even eat, what they are offering. We’re yet to find a stall holder who is unwilling to engage in the intricacies of their particular product range: how they grow it; how they nurture it; how to know when it’s ripe, and importantly, how to cook …
So, there I was browsing the Whitcoulls Bookshop at Auckland Airport one April afternoon waiting to board a flight to Johannesburg via Sydney, when I found a little pearl of a book. I bought it and had finished it before we’d flown far enough south to see the white ice shelf of the Antarctic. I spent the rest of the flight going back over it taking notes, running numbers and …
Birds of the Feathered Variety For me birding is the best way to relax, no matter where you are. I was introduced to it while serving on the WESSA (Wildlife and Environmental Society of South Africa) Board. We spent many a strategic session away in the bush, so the atmosphere was conducive to creative thinking. Looking at the game in their natural environment is always great and we’ve been to …
As we travel around, we learn helpful bits of info that might help others. We will add them here as and when we encounter them. We will try group them together in some semblance of order. Train Travel These are a few of the sites we have used to book trains while traveling in the UK and Europe. They don’t always show all the available trains but generally they are …