Wild Weather Won’t Stop Us….the show must go on! Here on the Sunshine Coast we caught the lash of the tail of Cyclone Debbie. Buckets of heavy rain in fierce bursts & wild, vicious winds. No cars around, many roads out due to trees down & water
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Lasagne! The 3 top secrets to awesome lasagne! Tonight we need something hearty & substantial, healthy & scrumptious. Something quick & easy, comforting & warm. And besides, it’s the birthday boys favourite, requested. So here we have the secrets to awesome lasagne! With a bit of prep
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Sure Shots. Creamy Garlic Prawns. There is no real recipe for this but we have had many requests on how to make what we had for dinner last night. It was very yummy….& every now & then you just have to treat yourself. It’s also very quick
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Our last 10 days, Cinque Terre, Nice & Provence. Our last 10 days, Cinque Terre, Nice & Provence. Or another way to say it is from the Italian Riviera to the French Riviera… A regional train delivers us, across beautiful Tuscany countryside, from Villa Campestri to Florienze,
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Rome & Siena, party & passion (food, fun & friends) Roma! So here we are in Rome once again for a few days….always lots to see & do. Our quirky adventures start with a very old bent-over Italian doorman, probably the owner, always at the desk, no
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From Italy to Greece. Sicily to Athens, before the painting tour. After the excitement of the Bersaglieri ceremony, we explore Palermo for a few days. They have the BEST tiramisu at Lorenzo’s. https://www.facebook.com/Cioccolateria-Lorenzo-290351371017509/?fref=ts There is a private tile collection you must visit. Even if you have never
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The icing on the cake…. After New Years in Croatia, much waiting at airports, Debrovnik, Zagreb, Munich, we finally arrive in Prague. Oh it’s so pretty. And then it snowed! We got the icing on the cake…. The Christmas markets are still in full swing. Masses of
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Happy New Year from Debrovnik. We were very excited to have Croatia on our epic travel itinerary. We scored this great apartment in Debrovnik. Happy to have a laundry, washing our clothes was well needed. High up on the cliff side overlooking the old walled city, our
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Austria. A not-so-white Christmas…. Even on touchdown in Vienna we are greeted with welcoming embrace upon our arrival in Austria. There are 6 of us. My DIL’s grandparents have come to collect us. And so continued the food, wine, warmth, ease, hospitality & gifts as we were
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Orvieto no, Vienna yes…www.hippiegeek.com/ You know how I was so excited about the upcoming trip to Orvieto? Well for a few good reasons, we have decided to postpone that particular adventure until next year. As sad as that is, it’s for the best… And then along come
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