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OUR BIG FAT GREEK ISLAND ESCAPE! PART 2 – PAROS
PAUSING IN PAROS (A slice of Paradise) After our sun and fun infused trip around glorious Santorini, MB (Monsieur Bleu) and I decided to take a ferry ride over to the smaller and more intimate island...
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OUR BIG FAT GREEK ISLAND ESCAPE! PART 3, THE FINAL CHAPTER…MYKONOS
MYKONOS GREECE…eat, seek, ride, repeat! The last island in our Big Fat Greek Island Escape trilogy just HAD to be Mykonos and I don’t think it’s right to visit this Aegean archipelago and not include...
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MISSMOVEALOT IN MADAGASCAR
Two weeks down and so much to say! Who would have thought that the 4th time around tackling this huge and exotic island would present itself with as much gusto as I have encountered! Apart from...
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DAY ‘FRIP’ IN! – THE JOYS OF SECOND HAND CLOTHES SHOPPING IN MADAGASCAR
What the hell is a FRIP I hear you ask! Well, simply put, a FRIPERIE in French, means a second hand clothing store…a charity shop to you and I… but the money here, doesn’t go to a particularcharity...
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A WEEKEND AT LA CIGALE, FOULPOINTE MADAGASCAR
A mere 45 kms and an approximate 1.5 hour drive from Tamatave or Toamasina (give or take a few minutes due to some ‘interesting’ roads) lies an absolute GEM of a place called LA CIGALE, in FOULPOINTE....
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TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY? That was the question! The ordeals of searching for the...
So we have (finally) bought an apartment in Nice, France! But this was not, however, a feat that was accomplished easily or quickly! MB (Monsieur Bleu) and I had spent many years (eight to be exact),...
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RENOVATING A PETIT PIECE OF NICE! 28 Days to make this house our Home
RENOVATE verb: do up (informal), modernise, redecorate, refurbish, rejuvenate, remodel, restore,revamp…update. As you can see, renovate is a complex word. Don’t get too excited, there was a lot to do,...
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MY-THAI (leftover)BEEF SALAD
Here in Madagascar, not all ingredients for certain dishes are readily available at all times. That’s just the way it is in poorer countries, so of course, creativity and spontaneity are called upon...
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AIRBNB EXPERIENCES…THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE DOWNRIGHT BIZARRE!
Airbnb is all the rage now in rental holiday accommodation and is THE go-to for many travellers today. The need to ‘feel at home’ whilst ‘away from home’ is tantamount to a relaxing vacation of any...
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CINQUE TERRE – FIVE LANDS IN THREE DAYS
The church bells strike 8am as the hint of an orange glow from the morning sun rises over the colourful and ancient fisherman village of Riomaggiore. Quite late I know, but that’s CINQUE TERRE in...
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