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Our long holiday is almost over😭😭😭😭😭. I am now looking at what we are doing next before our next holiday 🙃. We have exci...
14/08/2026

Our long holiday is almost over😭😭😭😭😭. I am now looking at what we are doing next before our next holiday 🙃.
We have exciting NEWS. Due to a date change we are now able to exhibit at the NSW PAPERCRAFT show. Furthermore, unlike previous years, I will be running several hands on classes.
I would really appreciate if you could share this announcement so that Facebook sends it to as many of our followers as possible.

2026 NSW Papercraft Show by Craft Alive runs from October 15–17, 2026, at the Hawkesbury Showgrounds located at 40 Racecourse Road, Clarendon NSW 2756.

The three-day hands-on event features shopping with leading craft retailers for kits, supplies, and equipment, plus interactive classes with top.

We had a wonderful day exploring this little slice of heaven. Accessible by cable car or by a very long steep walk throu...
07/08/2026

We had a wonderful day exploring this little slice of heaven. Accessible by cable car or by a very long steep walk through a trail. What made the day particularly memorable was speaking to one of the old guys who farms a couple of fields. He then invited us to his cozy hut and offered us cold water and some strong home made alcohol called Aguardente. I was also able to indulge in delicious wild figs. There is nothing like the smell of fig trees and ocean to bring back wonderful memories of my childhood. We even braved the rocks and took a dip in the ocean...they were super slippery!

Its getting harder and harder to find less developed parts of the island. I love finding/ revisiting these gems before t...
04/08/2026

Its getting harder and harder to find less developed parts of the island. I love finding/ revisiting these gems before they change forever

One of the traditions of village festivals is the flower carpets through the streets of the village. The church processi...
03/08/2026

One of the traditions of village festivals is the flower carpets through the streets of the village. The church procession will later pass through these streets. This is a tradition that requires a lot of volunteers and donation of flowers. Unfortunately in many villages there are more and more foreign owners as local inhabitants are priced out of the housing market and so there are less and less people to uphold these traditions. My native village, being one of the earliest tourist attractions of the island is one of the ones where this has been lost for many years. I now notice that these traditions are really now only in the less tourist villages which have cheaper housing. I wonder how much longer they will continue.
Every year we see Madeira becoming more global and losing some of its uniqueness.

Just wondering around our neighbourhood in Madeira
21/07/2026

Just wondering around our neighbourhood in Madeira

It is summer here in Madeira so that means that each town puts on a "festa" a several day party dedicated to the patron ...
21/07/2026

It is summer here in Madeira so that means that each town puts on a "festa" a several day party dedicated to the patron saint of the village. They are all a little different and some are by far bu**er and more popular than others but what they have in common is a stage with live music, makeshift kiosks selling food and drinks, plastic floret garland decorating the streets leading up to the church and of course a church service followed by a procession through the streets. We went to an appointment at this village today and they were setting up for the weekend "festa".

I love walking around my house in the morning. I live in an area that is very touristic and from 12 onwards it will be p...
11/07/2026

I love walking around my house in the morning. I live in an area that is very touristic and from 12 onwards it will be packed with people, restaurants with outdoor tables and chairs and all the hustle and buscle of a seaside tourist town. At 10am it feels like the town is all mine 😁

Some other random photos of downtown Lisbon. And with these it is a wrap for Lisbon. For the next 6 weeks we will be in ...
05/07/2026

Some other random photos of downtown Lisbon. And with these it is a wrap for Lisbon. For the next 6 weeks we will be in my home island of Madeira which I have shared with you before so I will not bore you with more posts from there

And just like that the 7.5 weeks of the "touristy" part of our trip is over. The last 5 days we spent in Lisbon in a gor...
05/07/2026

And just like that the 7.5 weeks of the "touristy" part of our trip is over. The last 5 days we spent in Lisbon in a gorgeous small hotel in Downtown. If you ever decide to visit, I highly recommend the Florescente Hotel. It is only supposedly a 3 star hotel but it definitely feels much more like a 4 star. Make sure you get the Superior option in rooms. It is wonderfully located in the heart of downtown with hundreds of restaurants around and very close to both the trams, trains and metro. Rooms are large, clean, comfortable and nicely decorated. The service has been amazing.
These photos are some of what we have been up to over the last few days. If coming to lisbon, I recommend you get the Lisbon pass which includes free entry into many museums and attractions as well as free public transport.

"When life gives you lemons make lemonade". Our planned Sintra trip was derailed by the government closing the parks so ...
04/07/2026

"When life gives you lemons make lemonade". Our planned Sintra trip was derailed by the government closing the parks so our plans went out the window however that left the door open for us to explore other places in Sintra that were not on our radar. We had a wonderful time even though we ended up walking over 14km up and down hills in 37° heat...many bottles of water were had as well as a coulple of cyclone ices. We even explored a couple of museums because they had air-conditioning and ended up learning a lot of history.
The best thing about travelling is not getting too caught up in the plan and just rolling with the punches.
Two of our discoveries stood out. The first was the Palace of Biester which was featured (before its renovation) in the 1998 Jonny Depp movie The Ninth Gate.
The second was the Torre da Regaleira. Which is an amazing property with many tunnels, grottos, caves, and towers. It also has an interesting house. It now belongs to the state but the second to last owner was a family with 16 children and over 50 grandchildren! I can just imagine how much fun they must have had in the huge garden with so many secret passages.

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