Top-10 List: Our Favourite Underground Places Around the World [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top10 favourite underground places we have visited around the world, based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. It includes not just caves, but tunnels, churches and houses. [UPDATED April 2019, the …
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16 Apps for Smoother Travel
During our three months travelling around Europe last year, we relied on our electronic devices a lot to record, share, locate, connect and a myriad of other things, including even making calls! We have experimented with many travel apps and have come up with a core group that cover all the jobs we need and helps …
Our Favourite Bridges
Top-10 List: Our Favourite Bridges from Around the World [more Top-10 Lists] This list is our own personal top-ten bridges from around the world based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. There are some iconic ones here, but also some that have made the list because of some significance for us. [updated in …
Our Favorite Countries
Our Top-10 List: Our Favourite Countries We Have Visited [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten favourite countries we have visited based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. The criteria used to determine this list included natural and man-made attractions, history, food and value for money. With …
Favourite Museums
Top-10 List: Our Favourite Museums from around the world [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten museums we have visited, based on what we have seen and experienced in 30+ years of travel. Here are listed museum, there is another Top-10 List of our favourite art galleries. [updated in 2018 …
Favourite Natural Attractions
Our Top-10 List: Favourite Natural Attractions of the World [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten natural attractions based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. [updated 2018 with places from New Zealand] 1. Valley of 72 Waterfalls, Switzerland A total of 72 waterfalls gush down into the Lauterbrunnen Valley from …
Our Favourite Beaches
Top-10 List: Our Favourite Beaches of the World [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten favourite beaches based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels around the world. With hundreds of thousands of beaches, we obviously have not been to all of them, and so these are just the …
We’re Not Superstitious But …
We are not a superstitious family at all, but we can’t resist any travel experience and will jump at the chance of joining the fun things tourists do for luck or some other reward as they travel the world. Here are some of these customs we have come across in our years of travelling the …
Our Favourite Buildings
Our Top-10 List: Favourite Buildings from Around the World [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten favourite buildings based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. [updated in 2017 with the Pantheon and Colosseum added] 1. Taj Mahal, Agra, India The ultimate building, the perfect symmetry beautiful …
Dutch Food We Tried
We knew little of Dutch cuisine before coming to the Netherlands, except for poffertjes (mini pancakes or pannekoeken) which are regulars at Australian markets. The most simple form is served sprinkled with icing sugar and maybe cream, but where we tried them you could top them with whatever you want, ice-cream, fruit, nuts, Smarties, Nutella, …