by eandl | Feb 20, 2013 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Hotel I originally booked us into a hotel closer to the beach, but thinking a B&B would be a nice change, I switched the reservation a few months back. Best decision of the trip. Nelson’s Perch B&B was a nice respite in a town overrun with families and...
by eandl | Feb 19, 2013 | International Travel, street art, Travel
While tennis was our main objective in Melbourne, we still planned to explore the city in our off-time. Unfortunately my 36 hour fever/cold coincided with most of our time in Melbourne so we didn’t experience as much of the city as we had planned. After the day...
by eandl | Feb 18, 2013 | International Travel, Noteworthy, Travel
The Australian Open, known locally as ‘the tennis,’ was a motivating factor for our trip. However, tickets didn’t go on sale until October, so we had to wait 7 months after reserving our flights before we would know if we’d have seats in the...
by eandl | Feb 16, 2013 | Food & Drink, International Travel, Travel
Hotel The main purpose of staying in Melbourne’s CBD was to attend the Australian Open, so location factored highly in our decision for the Punthill Manhattan Apartments. Though not inexpensive, the fact that we could walk to Rod Laver arena in under 10 minutes...
by eandl | Feb 15, 2013 | International Travel, Travel
While the area around the Yarra Valley is well known for its wines there are also a number of nice nature spots in the neighboring hills too. We started out our first morning with a curvy drive to Marysville featuring lots of tall gum/eucalyptus trees and tree ferns....