Author: Sally Denn
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Our top 5 things from the South Island and a least favourite!
Our Top 5 things from the South Island, New Zealand
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The tale of New Zealand wine tasting
This week, we arrive in Blenheim and find ourselves on a wine tour that promises a glass of wine in by 10 o’clock. What can possibly go wrong.
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Another heating catastrophe, friends in the mountains and saying goodbye to home
Just when we think the heating is sorted, a radiator bleed valve breaks during bleeding and we’re stuck with no central heating again! This time we have to source replacement parts whilst in France, which is no mean feat, before our friends come out visit us and we then have to say goodbye to the…
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Coming home – life in Montgenevre
Coming home – staying in Montgenevre where we’ve stayed the most for the last 3 years. Skiing conditions, having fun with friends and then a heating failure at -7 degrees in the dark.
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The tale of MOTs, losing our home for a week and gratitude
The tale of MOTs, losing our home for a week and gratitude. It starts with bad weather, some good news then we end up losing Beatrix for a week. We end as we usually do with gratitude.
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Tales of Tuscany Towns Two
This week our tour of Tuscany towns continues. I hope you’re impressed with the alliteration in the blog title – Tales of Tuscany Towns two: Montereggioni San Gimignano and Volterra! We were weather dodging during this part of our Italian Tour as we caught the tail of storm Ciaran.
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The tale of Italian contrasts and the stowaway
The tale of Italian contrasts and the stowaway shows the contrasting sides of Italy we’ve seen so far. The tourist traps with 1000’s of people which differ so dramatically with the quiet, little villages with a real Italian vibe. Oh and a stowaway joins us as we visit Lucca, Pisa, Florence and Grève in Chianti.
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The tale of when life feels like a holiday
After the excitement of Tre Cime our Grand Tour made us feel like we were on holiday. We started by visiting the wondrous cities of Venice and Verona with amazing views and many many tourists. This was followed by some relaxing time by the very beautiful Lake Garda and teaching ourselves the joys of Apéro…
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The tale of the broken tail (by Merlin, aged 8)
Hi, I’m a little grey schnauzer called Merlin and this is my tale.
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Are things better the second time or just different or does it depend what it is?
There are many sayings about some things being better the second time around. Things like kissing, sex and apparently, although this seems a little obvious, wearing new shoes! What about going to places? What is the measure of „better“ then? In this post we talk about our second visit to Coniston this year.