This wasn’t the blog I was going to write. I had every intention of mocking my half Cornish husband; his love of pasties and his delight in telling every Argentinian/Chilean that the empanada originated in Cornwall. His insistence in repeating the history of mines and explaining how everything began in Cornwall. However, it seems more … More Manchester
Patagonia is a jaw dropping, eye bulging wow evoking wonder. Following a 14 hour night bus to the city of Neuquen, the capital of Argentinian Patagonia we decided to keep heading South and to jump on another bus to Bariloche. Somehow between buying the ticket and walking two seconds away to the bus stop we unwittingly … More Patagonia – Bariloche, Argentina and Chocolate
The city of Mendoza is pleasant with tree lined streets, a park with a boating lake and some very nice looking clothes shops. (Focus – no room in backpack). However, we were in the region for one reason and one reason only. Wine. And this was business. Jamie had connected with some of his suppliers … More Mendoza, Argentina – To Spit or to Swallow?
With the Paso de los Libertadores finally open we made our way across the Andes by night bus. Not the vomit comet that was the N87 night bus in London that we would find our way home on. In fact on this night bus there was no vomit, no drunk passengers that whilst snoring missed their … More The Night Bus
The mountain pass to Mendoza still closed we decided to take the opportunity to explore Valparaiso, a city about an hour and a half on the bus from Santiago. … More Valparaiso
I love travelling. I love seeing new places, meeting new people, getting excited about places I had never even thought of and then quickly become obsessed with them. I always think that anything seems possible when you are travelling, you can be anyone, achieve anything. The reason I mention this is I don’t want you … More The Rainmaker
We’ve arrived in South America! After a 14 hour flight from Madrid we landed in Santiago. It was pretty amazing flying in over the Andes mountain range although the sudden turbulence on descent did make me think of the film ‘Alive’ and I began to eye up the size of my fellow passengers… just in … More Santiago de Chile
Well you can’t go wrong with a day and night Seville. As on the previous occasions we have visited I gave Jamie earache telling him how “I could definitely live here!” Unfortunately too far from the sea for him but for me it’s so buzzy with a different place to eat and drink every night … More Seville, Spain
So it begins. My first ever blog and very much like the travels ahead no real plan. I know my Mum will read it, maybe my Dad and that’s just to check we’ve not been eaten by cannibals or kidnapped by South American gangs. However for anyone else that happens to stumble across this, we … More The Beginning
Winging it overseas 