I’ve just come back from a week in Bali. I’d like to say I was blissing-out poolside with daily massages and facials, but truth be known I was also sweating buckets while punishing my body at a fitness retreat. With…
Ten things to bring on long flights
Living in Australia is great, so great. Except when you want to go to Europe or America or, well, anywhere more than a five-hour flight away, which for me living in Perth, Western Australia, is just about everywhere (except Bali,…
Lioni, back to Mum’s birthplace
We tore ourselves away from gorgeous Positano to travel to Lioni in the province of Avellino and the region of Campania, the town where my mum was born. After several frustrating attempts, we managed to organise car hire when we…
Cypriot sights
During our time in Paphos, we visited the town where Zorba’s grandfather grew up, Kritou Tera, which turned out to be an amazing day that you can read about here. Kings Tombs We visited an archeological site of the Kings Tombs,…
Long lost cousins
What a historical day for our family. Today we visited Kritou Tera, the village where Zorba’s grandfather was born which is quite close to Pafos in Cyprus, inland in the mountains. When we googled Kritou Tera it said the population…