The travel corridor announced mid-October between the UK and Crete allowed for a brief family escape to a Crete without the crowds. It was perfect timing for Sea Sand and Sun ahead of what is shaping up to be a very looong winter. It also gave me a chance to...
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15 family-owned secret hotels by the Mediterannean
I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. I am not a fan of large, group-owned, cookie-cutter hotels in general, but when they're by the sea, I have a physical reaction to them. This blog post is another list of secret places: sweet little family-run hotels...
California tripping: Big Sur and the Pacific Coast Highway [2/3]
Big Sur has been on my wanderlist for years. The name alone takes me away when I pronounce it (just like the words Zanzibar, Fiji or Shalimar..). I love the combination of Big, like everything is so Big in America, and Sur, with that Spanish accent. Our time in Big...
Peligoni Club in Zakinthos: a flexible take on the family resort
There's family resort, and there's family resort, right? I've written about the dilemma of choosing one before. We've loved our time in Fiji at the JM Cousteau resort, during our trip around the world. We've also loved our very un-resorty time in Tobago, for the lack...
The Amalfi coast is for lovers
I'd be curious to know if there's anyone out there who doesn't care about visiting or re-visiting the Amalfi coast?! It's got be on everyone's top 10 wanderlist because the gods of beauty, pleasure and laughter all got together on that little piece of heaven on...
Tobago, the un-resort Caribbean gem
I had been meaning to take the children to a lively carnival for a while. Turns out, we never made it to the streets of carnival on Tobago because we were too busy doing everything else. What a winter treat this island was, like an unexpected little candy: sweet,...
Like an habitué in Ile de Ré, France
If I told you we had to leave two restaurants in Ile de Ré because the waitresses were so rude, I wouldn't be selling the idea of a trip there very well, right? The good thing is that I am not here to sell anything! The other good thing is that I won't let these...
sometimes you can have it all – Sri Lanka |4|
As I type this sunny Sri Lanka post in my very urban working space in London, I am transported back to the leopards, the elephants, the soft sand, the perfect waves, the curries, the tuk tuks, the temples... First, our safari night in Yala National Park, then our...
road tripping on Long Island |2|: Shelter Island
Oh my...it's the last day of September and I have not shared my summer trips yet! I have been caught up with the whirlwind of September and the fact that we are moving house next week. So I'll make them sweet but short: First, our stay on Shelter Island and then, our...
road tripping on Long Island |1|: The Hamptons
Marcelo, who is now 10, attended a camp in Canada this summer (his first, more in another post). After dropping him in Ottawa, Amalya Lior and I headed to Long Island (near NYC) to revisit friends and places that I’ve loved all the years that we lived in New York. It...
Formentera, where hedonism reigns
We've made a deal with my Parisian BFFs. We meet up once a year for a few days. No partners, no children, no husbands allowed. And each time in a place that none of us has ever been to. It all started as a way to celebrate our 40th, and of course spend quality (read...
Barefoot luxury at Zighy Bay, Oman
I remember watching the movie The Barefoot Contessa with Ava Gardner as a teenager, and thinking that the title was the most appealing oxymoron. I feel like mimicking the idea here, as barefoot luxury truly says it all about the days that we spent at the eco-resort...
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How I traveled to Syria for my birthday, and loved it
Yes I traveled to Syria last week. Not the broken and abused Syria that we all know from the news but the Syria full of colours, smiles and flavours that once stood proud. That’s right, that's where we all went on Thursday night with a bunch of super girlfriends and...
i am a pure and proud product of immigration
this is me in the 70's at my beloved grandmother's house. i am a pure and proud product of immigration. My Christian grandmother escaped poverty in Italy between the two wars and crossed the Alps with mother and brothers in search of a better life in the mining towns...
I wonder what Hemingway would say about Cuba today
Everyone's talking about Cuba these days, and I am thrown 20 years back to when I first visited this special island, and left it with mixed feelings about its future. I was 20 years old back then. During a summer internship in Caracas (that's a whole other blog...
The wife vs. the mother, Bhutan |1|
We're back from a trip in Bhutan, which I really want to document properly on BozAround. It will be mainly through photos as I took sooo many, and they will tell much more about this beautiful country than my own words. Bhutan is roughly the size of Switzerland,...