When Cara and myself travel, frankly we do it on a bit of a shoe string. We don’t go without anything but we would prefer to forgo tourist flash and pizzazz for more time away. One day in Venice is nowhere near long enough, but maybe that’s all you can afford either in time or cash. The thing is, using…
Midday on the Stelvio in Mid October – 2 cars visible… Not as busy as myth would suggest! Internet myths regarding the wonder of the Alps roads abound. I’ve searched and these articles might be called “Best roads in Italy”, or “5 Passes in the Alps you have to drive” or whatever… You know the ones! Many simply perpetuate information that…
You could just head to the Dolomites or the Stelvio for your next Italian road trip. Or, you could try some lesser known roads for lovers of driving or riding that I have discovered (sometimes by accident). Don’t get me wrong, the above alluded-to passes are some of my favourite Italian roads but they can be very busy in the…
A couple of distracted travel trips ago, I decided that for the sake of being more in charge of my workday I would open the store at MIDDAY!. I run a small business, (a very small business), just me and the occasional assistant. It has been larger but I have been working on making it smaller with a higher turnover…
I’m going to jump ahead now for a couple of reasons. One is, I am writing this blog from Italy, from the little room I have been based in for the last 25 days. With 3 days to go I am chewing on how I am going to maintain the healthy new habits I now have after 27 days away…
In my previous blog, I alluded to weight loss without seemingly trying by distracting myself with travel. I’ll flesh out the idea a bit. It is not my intention to be evasive about what is involved its just there are, in my opinion, a fairly tight set of rules that apply. These rules then allow this easy to achieve personal…
There are many different kinds of travel and I have given most of them a go. My travel does tend to involve drinking, eating, sitting around, relaxing (and gaining weight). This is just as it should be given that you have flogged yourself all year just to get a couple of weeks off, right? The problem with fitting as much…