An unabashed tourist and her family explore the world one holiday at a time.
The outside facade of St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta is austere and imposing. You feel insignificant and small as it looms over you, much as any invaders must have felt with the walls of this fortress city looming over them in centuries past. Its architect was a military engineer and it shows: the exterior is […]
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Sweat trickles down my back and I fan myself with my guidebook, wafting hot, dry air around in a vain attempt to cool down. My legs stick to the cheap plastic seat and make embarrassing squeaky noises whenever I move around. I try to edge out of the early morning sun streaming in through the […]
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The purpose of this blog has always been to document our travels (and, hopefully, inspire readers to enhance their own lives with travel). I can get lost for hours reading old posts, basking in memories of people and places that have touched my life in some way through the years. It’s the perfect diary of […]
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“Do you want to touch it, Aidan?” I ask, hoping fervently the answer will be no. The little one looks at the big yellow snake coiling around the handler’s body, not afraid, but not quite sure either. I don’t want Aidan to think snakes are pets to play with, I want him to respect them for […]
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Marine worlds are usually a controversial topic – either you hate them or you love them. In our case, just as with zoos and other wildlife parks, we firmly believe that as long as animals are treated humanely and ethically, they are wonderful places to foster a lifelong love of animals in little children. So, […]
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