Well hello, hello, what do we have here. Only an ENTIRELY NEW COUNTRY. While we were staying in Trieste, Italy, we decided to do a wee day trip across the border to the most magical little seaside city you’ve ever seen. I had no idea what to expect from Slovenia, and Piran was a wonderful …
Some Roads Lead to Trieste
Ciao and welcome to a quick little post to remember the jaunt we made from Lake Garda, across the top of Italy, to the city of Trieste. After leaving Lake Garda and making our way around the lake, we made a pit stop in the beautiful city of Vicenza. We had decided to stop for …
La Dolce Vita
Holy mother of dragons it’s been a minute. I got back to Auckland and was swept up in the best daily life I’ve ever lived, and now I’m thinking back to my epic trip and how I need to get it documented pronto before I’m old and withered and trying to remember if Lake Garda …
Buongiorno! Two Becomes Three
Exciting times because our party of two just grew to three! We flew from Greece to Bergamo, Italy to meet up with Holly and start a new stage of European adventures. With an afternoon to spare before we started our road trip we started strong on the aperol spritz way of life, explored the city, …
Smashing Plates in Santorini
Santorini you legend. I was in two minds about Santorini before we arrived. On the one hand I was concerned it would be overrun with tourists and feel fake and over hyped, but on the other (more persuasive) hand…I really just wanted to see it for myself. I’d seen the picture perfect postcard images of …
Party Party Party
Ios. Ah, Ios. Ios is a Greek island which is well known for its party scene. What a perfect location to visit for a huge party animal like myself… I’m going to be completely upfront and honest from the start here amigos. We did not make it out to the clubs once. Not. One. Time. …
Naxos and the Mountain That Destroyed Me
After our partying fail in Mykonos my sickness continued into the next island paradise of Naxos. Naxos was a laid back, beautiful, when-can-I-move-here paradise. More bougainvillea abound for me to feast my eyes on, and some quality greek food. The Portal greets you as you first approach on the ferry and we made our way …
Bougainvillea: A Love Story
Our first island stop was the picture perfect, wallet draining Mykonos. We only had two nights here because ya girl is on a budget, and we stayed at what was basically a glorified summer camp where people lay by the beach all day and partied all night. Only problem here was that I was super …
Get Her to the Greek
For as long as I can remember Greece has been solidly placed in my top 5 dream travel destinations. I don’t know whether it’s the allure of the white washed buildings or the not-so-hidden desire to belt out Mamma Mia on the islands, but when I booked my flight for a European summer I knew …
Croatia Away from the Yacht
Yacht Week was a hell of a way to start my trip but believe it or not there was more to my first week of freedom outside the yacht life and the parties. Croatia did not disappoint on any level. The sun. The streets. The sweaty, sweaty heat (this pale girl coming straight from Auckland …
Yacht Week!
I remember years ago watching the Yacht Week promo video online and being completely won over. They got me and they got me good. I shared it with friends and we made pacts to one day get our butts to Croatia and do it. Since then a few years have passed, various life changes happened, …
Our Dubai Experience…
On our way home home from our big European escapade we had a stopover in Dubai. John’s cousin lived there at the time and it was somewhere none of us had been. I don’t know what I was expecting but it sure was not this. Arriving on a Thursday evening we met up with John’s …