Florence – cradle of the Renaissance

We opted for a more direct route to Florence cutting out to the highway from Certaldo instead of going through the scenic hilly roads again. The journey still took us about an hour, and another frustrating hour going ...

Venice to Tuscany

As I finally found some sanity to schedule a train ride for the late morning, we managed to squeeze some time to visit the REAL Rialto market before heading to the train station. Entering the Grand Canal, we were ...

A day in Venice

Our charming host Nicola prepared a simple breakfast for us this morning. He has two kids around the ages of Joel and Elizabeth. I asked him where he came from since he doesn’t live in ...

Nice to Venice

Although we woke early to catch our 10am train bounded for Milan, we ended up hopping on just before it left the platform. Yes it was another morning mad rush through the city and Theo was not ...

From Arles to Nice

 I was actually quite sad to leave Arles because it held so much promise for a good R & R vacation but my travel plans did not leave room for changes. Yet I was also ...

Arles and around

Although I would have appreciated waking up later today since we need not rush, the sun was already shining brightly in the sky by 7am. The sky turned truly black only close to 10pm the day before, ...

Paris CDG to Arles

The start of our first full day in France came earlier than I wanted. Joel woke up at 5 am local time and couldn’t go back to sleep. After trying to catch a few more moments ...

Singapore to Paris CDG

It started with a dream 7 years ago. A dream to go to Italy which was crushed when I found out I was going to be a mother. A dream I dared not think about but somehow materialised thanks to ...

Bali, Indonesia 2008

Bali | 15.03.08 Day 1 – Arrival in Denpasar airport after a 2.5 hours flight from Singapore. Then off with a cab to our hotel La Taverna in Sanur for the 5D4N trip. With our ...

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2006

My first vacation outside of KL after becoming a mother. A very much needed getaway for hubby and myself. Surprisingly by day two, our thoughts had returned back to our little toddler whom we had ...