Travel Lessons Learnt #2 : Why you should always get to the airport early

May 19, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Ever missed your flight? Imagine waking up at 5:30am, and waking up a 3 year old and 1 year old. Getting everyone ready, into a taxi, to the airport. Making it to the check-in line, and when asked where you were heading to, the staff simply asks you to join the queue. Get to the […]

Sicily with Kids : The Highlights – Part 1

May 10, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Going through the many photos we took at Sicily makes me want to go on another holiday. The wine, the blue skies with ginormous fluffy cloud. The pasta, the tiramisu, the landscape. The big grin on the 3-year old’s face as she devoured the gelato (and the tantrums that followed on when I attempted to […]

Sicily : Where we stayed : Schuler Residence, Taormina

April 18, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

I spend a lot of time researching where to go when it comes to holidays. I didn’t personally know anyone who had been, so had to ask around for advice in facebook groups and just read a million reviews on booking.com and tripadvisor.com. Schuler Residence (click here, see Apartment Type D) in Taormina caught my […]

Travel Lessons Learnt #1 : Why you should always get insurance for your car rental excess

April 13, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Planning for holidays involves a lot of research and hard work. You hope everything goes to plan, but sometimes, sh*t happens. Here’s the first of our Travel Lessons Learnt series.

Our lil Country House getaway @ Villa Carolina Sorrento, Italy

September 12, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

When you start researching for somewhere to stay in the Amalfi, you could literally spend hours looking at where to base yourself, then after you’re done reading all the blogs, reviews, and recommendations, you’ll need to figure out which exact hotel you want to stay. It’s not cheap in Italy – I’m sure you already […]

Driving through the Amalfi Coast, when everyone said not to

August 14, 2015.Reading time 12 minutes.

Well, technically, I didn’t drive. G did. And he insisted that he wanted to, eventhough every other article online was telling us otherwise. And you know what? It was fun, and if you’re a pretty good driver (or better than me), I still do recommend it. Why? It’s a lot more flexible, you can stop […]

A dreamy night-in @ Torre Normanna, Maiori – Amalfi Coast

August 1, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Credits goes all to the sister-in-law for picking this dreamy castle-like restaurant for our first meal in the Amalfi Coast 🙂 Thanks M! Now, you’re staying somewhere in the Amalfi and you don’t where to go for dinner. If you’re based not too far from Maiori, I recommend you book yourself a table in Torre […]

Driving through Tuscany – Pisa, Chianti and Siena

July 27, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

A collection of postcard-perfect images of Tuscany, as you would imagine it 🙂 We went from Florence – Lucca (verry pretty lil wall-bound town…click here for Mr Mustard’s photo there!) – Pisa (yes, just to the Leaning Tower!) – Stayed in Castellina in Chianti ( Palazzo Squarcalupi, amazing ;)). Then from Castellina through Radda and […]

A Tuscan Getaway @ Hotel Palazzo Squarcialupi

July 25, 2015.Reading time 10 minutes.

Onboard Emirates, en route from Venice back to Dubai. Hello everyone 🙂 I usually just pick a handful to write about after a holiday, and since we have two more hours to go before we land in DXB, here’s my write up of one of the highlights of our trip – our stay in the […]