And so the much planned and much anticipated trip for 2013 has finally dawned upon us! So excited as if it was the first time but also so scared at how hard it will be to be away for so long from our daughter. So here is to travel, new adventures, new memories and coming [...]
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Hello Urban Boer readers! Lizette has kindly asked me to share some of my essential travel pieces as she gets ready for her own travels to Paris and Berlin. Fortunately after a few trips over to Europe to visit my English boyfriend, I know a thing or two about packing for a cooler climate and [...]
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This time next month, my husband and I will be celebrating our wedding anniversary in Paris. I can’t wait to return to the city that started our love affair with travel and have ever since remained one of our favourite destinations to return to again and again. And now an item on our bucket [...]
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Yip it is official, 13 days in April! And we will be literally taking the night train to Munich! So tickets bought flying Luthansa to Paris and out of Berlin. It will be our first trip to Germany spending 3 days in Munich and 3 days in Berlin! And so the planning begins…and saving [...]
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Place: Halong Bay Vietnam Date: 24 December 2009 Scene: Our Indochina Junk together with some other junk’s get ready to anchor and transport passengers to a beach where a special Christmas eve festivity awaits us Halong Bay is situated about 3 hours drive from the city of Hanoi. We sailed in the Halong Bay for [...]
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8 years ago my husband and I, married then only a year at age 24, purchased our first tickets overseas and our backpacks. Destination Paris…and backpacking the rest of France and Italy for two weeks. And so the life long love affair with travel and the magical city of lights, started. 8 years and many [...]
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If your maps look anything like mine when your done traveling this is a must have. They are available from my favourite new find Llustre. Unfortunately they do not yet ship to South Africa but will be adding international destinations to their shop shortly. In the mean time let their items inspire you digitally [...]
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What can I say about Paris…why frankly a whole lot. A lot more than this blog allows for, so I will let my pictures do the talking. I will say this though: Since replacing Larry King on CNN in 2010, Pierce Morgan has branded his interviews with the following two signature questions 1) How many [...]
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A beautiful sundrenched morning among the golden autumn leaves of Parkhurst, seemed only fitting for the launch of Design Team’s new travel inspired fabric collection: Barcelona Paris Istanbul. The Design Team set off to Barcelona, Paris & Istanbul for a unique South African perspective on these sensory destinations. The results, as you may have come [...]
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