The Bon Vivant

Category: Travel

  • Alptastic

    I would love to share some of the beautiful mountain scenery encountered on our trip around the French/Swiss/Italian Alps. The above photo was taken at the top of Mont Blanc. Don’t be fooled by the sun, it was a bone chillingly cold -25c and I couldn’t feel my fingers. ********************************************************************************** These daredevils were about to…

  • Wine tasting in Burgundy

    Wine tasting in Burgundy

    I’m ashamed to say I didn’t realise Burgundy and Bourgogne were the same place, Burgundy is just the name in English. Boeuf Bourguignon is one of my favourite meals to make at home and I never clicked. I also didn’t realise how ignorant I was around French wine, so needless to say our little adventure…

  • Express to Espresso

    Express to Espresso

    I’ve been looking forward to saying ‘Want to duck over to Switzerland and Italy next week?’ It is such a novel thing for an Australian to travel to another country in a few hours and not have to fly. The Glacier Express and Bernina Express were both on my list and I also had a…

  • Christkindlmarkets/Marché de Noël

    Ohhh the smells! Glorious aromas of mulled wine, gingerbread, sizzling sausages, melting cheese, spiced hot chocolate, all waft through the air. Perusing each twinkling stall and wondering how have I gone through life without any Christmas baubles. So many choices. Best not to rush any decisions and have a raclette or a crepe whilst I…

  • Beth yw castell drawiadol!

    Our next destination was Wales via Heysham to find the church where my parents got married. St Peter’s dates back to the 13th century, although it’s believed a church in some form has been on the site from the 8th century. Around the side of the church there are some impressive medieval coffins carved into…

  • Plan to gallivant

    Plan to gallivant

    It’s almost here!  6 months off work… let the gallivanting begin! The idea of writing a blog is a bit daunting in this day of 140 character count but I did keep a diary when I went on exchange in Chile in 1993, so surely I must be able to engage that part of the…