Category Archives: Food

Our Paros paradise

Posted on November 3, 2020 by frenchfry36

After a lovely week cruising the Greek Islands in 2019, we jumped in a taxi to head from Piraeus Port across to the east coast of Greece, to Rafina Port where our ferry would depart, to continue our islands experience … Continue reading →

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Arigatou Japan

Posted on June 22, 2020 by frenchfry36

A few days in Tokyo, and the end of our trip to Japan in 2017, was a chance to sample some more great food to fuel our final round of sightseeing. Each morning I started the day with the standard … Continue reading →

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Konnichiwa Japan!

Posted on June 15, 2020 by frenchfry36

On our round-the-world air ticket in 2017 (after hopping from Australia to North America before our usual European sojourn), now homeward-bound, we arrived at our final stop: Japan – both to visit Tony’s son, teaching English there, and to explore … Continue reading →

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Finishing on a high

Posted on February 17, 2020 by frenchfry36

From New York to Niagara; from Canada to California; from desert to tropical island… we finished off our year-long round-the-world gap-year in 2010 with a month in North America, visiting Canada and 3 states of the USA. New York, New … Continue reading →

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Warm Canadian hospitality

Posted on May 21, 2018 by frenchfry36

The world is getting smaller. With travel relatively cheap these days (how else could we afford to travel half-way across the world every year?) and the internet making communication so effortless, we found ourselves in Toronto, Canada, being collected by my cyber-friend, Denise. Feeling … Continue reading →

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Visiting Vancouver

Posted on July 23, 2017 by frenchfry36

We might be seasoned travelers but perhaps that makes us too relaxed at times, and the night before flying to Canada, attempting to check-in on-line, we discovered that we needed visas! Oops. Oh well, easily fixed. What would we do … Continue reading →

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Completing the loop

Posted on June 25, 2017 by frenchfry36

Last year, we drove from our house in central France, up to Belgium and across to Germany before embarking on our “big day” travelling homeward-bound across 3 countries (I just love that about Europe!) to complete our 3000km “loop.” We left Stadtkyll, … Continue reading →

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Visiting the land of beer, waffles and chocolate

Posted on June 19, 2016 by frenchfry36

When in Belgium it’s only right and proper to drink beer, eat waffles and indulge in some chocolate, don’t you think? On our one day in the city of Brussels we did just that. First things first though – stopping … Continue reading →

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Ever been to Evreux?

Posted on February 18, 2015 by frenchfry36

Sometimes plans just slot together perfectly, as if they were meant to be. We had already booked our side-trip from France to Berlin when Tony was presented with the opportunity to visit a chocolate factory in Northern France (via a … Continue reading →

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Makes my mouth water

Posted on June 9, 2014 by frenchfry36

There is a very good reason why we can’t be in France at the moment: Tony is doing a patisserie course here in Melbourne. A little late in life perhaps, but better late than never! Take a look at a … Continue reading →

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