A Luxury Escorted Tour of South Africa

If you dream of visiting South Africa, taking in the ‘Mother City’ of Cape Town, the wine regions of Stellenbosch and Paarl, and a malaria free safari experience in the Eastern Cape, then one of the best ways to do so is with a luxury escorted tour. Grand tours of South Africa are widely promoted,…

Australia – Heading Down Under

For us Europeans, Australia is just about as far as we can go until we start coming back again, and as such, it remains a dream destination for many. A vast expanse of land surrounded by the Indian Ocean to the left and the Pacific Ocean to the right, Australia is big, beautiful and bountiful,…

Taking the Garden Route

If you are thinking about visiting South Africa anytime soon then one place you simply shouldn’t miss is the illustrious garden route.  Stretching from the Western Cape right across to the Eastern Cape, this beautiful route of coastal highway will show you a range of ecologically diverse vegetation, stunning lagoons, majestic lakes, and rugged coastlines…

Our Top 10 Cities – Final Instalment – It’s Cape Town!

Well finally we reach our number one city and while many of our friends and family members may have probably already guessed, we can now confirm that Our Number 1 Top City goes to the magnificent Cape Town. A place we were lucky enough to call home for two years, Cape Town is undoubtedly the…

Our Top 10 Cities – Part IX – Queenstown

Creating a list of our top 10 cities has been great fun! It has given us the opportunity to revisit these magnificent places in our minds and remember all the wonderful experiences we had, trying new foods, meeting new people and discovering how other people live. As we come to our penultimate article, we head…

Our Top 10 Cities – Part VIII – Buenos Aires

Compiling our list of favourite cities has given us a wonderful opportunity to revisit the photo albums and relive some of our most cherished memories.  With just three spots left on our list, we head back to South America and Our Number 3 Top City goes to the vibrant and beautiful city of Buenos Aires,…

Out Top 10 Cities – Part VII – Cabo San Lucas

We are now on our home stretch and have just three cities to go until we reach our number one spot!  Mexico bound Our Number 4 Top City goes to the “uber cool” seaside city of Cabo San Lucas. We first discovered the beautiful city of Cabo San Lucas on our first ever cruise along…

Our Top 10 Cities – Part VI – It’s Vegas baby!

Getting our top 10 favourite cities list together was no easy task, and the top five was the most difficult! But as we work our way up to the number one spot we head back across the Atlantic Ocean to Our Number 5 Top City – the one, the only Las Vegas! Whether you love…

Our Top 10 Cities – Part V – Rio de Janeiro

We are half way through our list of Top 10 favourite cities, and today we head south, way below the equator to Our Number 6 Top city, the bold and beautiful Brazilian jewel of Rio de Janeiro! Rio de Janeiro is hot, sweaty and definitely a little bit sexy, and once you have visited this…

Our Top 10 Cities – Part IV – Perth

This fourth part in Our Top 10 Cities takes us around the world to the home of breathtaking scenery, fine wines and all the Kangaroos you could possibly wish for! – Our Number 7 Top City goes to Perth, Australia. There are no two ways about it – I love Perth!  A big city with a…

Our Top 10 Cities – Part III – Salzburg

The third edition in Our Top 10 Cities sees us staying close to home, and our Number 8 Top City goes to the breathtakingly beautiful Salzburg, Austria. Coming from the Austrian Alps Ingo was eager to show me the wonderful city of Salzburg, and after my first visit it was easy to understand why the…

Our Top 10 Cities – Part II – New York New York!

In this second part of Our Top 10 Cities, we head across to the USA and to our Number 9 Top City – New York! New York was the first place I ever wanted to visit in the USA and it didn’t disappoint.  Fast, exciting and a little bit crazy, this magnificent city has so much going on…