Melbourne: Top Tips

1. Eat Melbourne is known for its international cuisine. We ate at a few great restaurants during our stay, from the spacious Waterfront restaurant, with its outdoor terrace overlooking the River Yarra at Southgate (and where the tuna steak was to die for), to the rustic charm of the intimate Casa Ciuccio and the very cool… View Post

Melbourne: A New City

Melbourne. A city like any other. Or so I thought. Melbourne is always on the itinerary when I’m in Australia – my family is there and so we visit them in the suburbs, spending as much time catching up as we possibly can. I would guess that, in the handful of times that I’ve been… View Post

Marrakech: Top Tips

1. Download a map before you travel. Pinpoint your hotel/riad, the main square, and anywhere else you want to visit. You can still use GPS to navigate your map. Prepare to get lost, but see it as an adventure. 2. Marrakech is a French speaking city, but try to learn a few Arabic words as the… View Post

I Heart Marrakech

Do you ever feel as though your mind (let alone your body), has been drained of all its energy and vibrancy and imagination? That the day-to-day hum drum of life is sucking the life right out of your over worked and over tired body, leaving your brain frazzled and unable to cope with yet another… View Post

New Heights

I wanted my wardrobe for Marrakech to be reminiscent of the clothes worn by the SATC girls in the second movie. In particular, the scene in which they enjoy a picnic at the dunes, and the scene when they walk, poolside, in single file – dressed to the nines in ocean blues and glimmering gold.… View Post