Travel Articles

  • London in Three Days

    London remains one of the world’s largest, most diverse and most exciting cities offering visitors thousands of things to do. From museums, royal palaces, beautiful parks, historical sites, world-class theatres and top restaurants, there is certainly something for everyone. If you’re looking to experience the best that London has to offer in just three days,…

  • Love of Italy

    Il mio amore per l’Italia – Love of Italy. What’s not to love about Italy? The people, food, language, culture, arts, architecture and scenic countryside. It was our number one country of choice to immigrate to under the “Elective Residence Visa”. Join us on our two-week road trip as we explore Northern Italy and all…

  • Portugal D7 Residency Visa

    If you’re looking for residency in an EU country that could ultimately lead to citizenship, the Portugal D7 residency visa is most likely your best bet. Unlike the expensive “Golden Visa” option, which most country’s offer, the D7 passive income or retirement visa only requires a relatively small residual income. Having spent five years looking…

  • Flying a necessary evil?

    With a 25% increase in flying costs over the past year, one too many of the proverbial “olives” has been removed from the salad, leaving the passengers with a bad experience. An old black and white advertisement from the 70’s comes to mind where a couple are seated on a flight with their meals and…

  • Amsterdam

    When I initially thought of Amsterdam the immediate associations that come to mind were the red-light district and pot selling coffee shops. Yet Amsterdam and The Netherlands as a whole has so much more to offer. Yes for many years the ladies of the night and coffee shops did attract tourist of all sorts to…

  • Croatia

    With one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven kilometres of coastline on the Adriatic that offers clear blue waters and magical hidden bays, it’s no wonder that Croatia is a top travel destination. We are indeed fortunate to be living a mere ten kilometres from the Croatian boarder. So close that instead of using Podgorica or…

  • Turkey Istanbul

    Like a magnificent phoenix risen from the ashes, Istanbul has had a turbulent past. Previously under the rule of three empires, Turkey now stands tall and proud boasting to be one of the largest tourism destinations in the world. Having four distinct seasons, we somehow found ourselves there in the peak of winter and in…

  • Phuket Thailand

    Ask any seasoned traveler if they’ve been to Phuket and the answer would most likely be YES! It’s a popular and affordable destination that will give you lasting memories of a vacation well spent. We did this holiday on the back of a Hong Kong trip where we were stuck in a busy city with…

  • Exploring Cape Town

    Cape Town is fondly known as the “Mother City”, it’s my hometown and place of birth…so I’ll try to be unbiased and objective. But with its natural beauty and diverse activities, this might prove difficult. WOW, where to start? I suppose as a tourist you would land at Cape Town International airport and head straight…

  • Montenegro

    The undiscovered jewel of the Adriatic, which most have never heard of or even know where it is. Here’s our story of how we went from hearing about Montenegro, to buying an apartment six weeks later, to eventually immigrating there for two years! For a long time we had been looking for a second country…