Our first road trip in Australia was a 2 1/2 hour drive North West of Sydney to the Hunter Valley. The Hunter Valley Crowne Plaza is the perfect starting point for a variety of Hunter Valley adventures, including wine tasting and the iHop bus is the best way to go. Continue reading →
Manly is actually a suburb of Sydney that is most easily reached by a ferry across Sydney Harbour. The fast ferry for $9 can get you there in 20 minutes and offers a terrific water-side perspective of Sydney's Famous Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. We spent a week… Continue reading →
After sitting on a plane for 15 hours we expected to be jet lagged and not have a lot of energy for our 4 days in Auckland, NZ. But really it is only a 3 hour time change from Vancouver, just a different day! No visit to Auckland is complete… Continue reading →
It's all in the Cup. OK not all, since the ingredients are important too. But, if your Mule is not served in a copper cup then its not actually a Mule. Continue reading →
Has Las Vegas changed over the years. It was never more evident than in the past couple of years. the Las Vegas Strip has changed the most (of the three Vegas options you have) over the past 10 or so years but it has never been more evident than this… Continue reading →
We compare our experiences at two celebrity restaurants in Las Vegas - Guy Fieri's Kitchen & Bar and Gordon Ramsay's Pub and Grill. There is an extra price tag that goes with dining at celebrity restaurants and there are many good alternatives too. Continue reading →
All Margaritas are not created equally. What makes a good Margarita? The tequila? Lime? Salt? Everyone's opinion is different. But we have found our winner...not necessarily where you might think. Or maybe it's obvious... Continue reading →
After a full 17 months of being 'homeless' we are still enjoying it. While we are making plans for a few longer stays this summer while working for various golf facilities we do still plan to 'move on' in the fall. Here are our highlights from 6 countries, 4 provinces… Continue reading →
We eat out often, especially since becoming location independent July 31, 2016. Our best dining experience of 2017 came unexpectedly. It is always a treat to stumble upon a terrific dining experience when or where you least expect it. We did not have much luck with our dining choices in… Continue reading →
We thought we had found a great BBQ joint when we visited Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que, and we did. But then, a week later we found an even better one in Nashville at Martin's. So we know that there is lots of terrific BBQ in the South and we are… Continue reading →
