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Portobello Road Markets

By Peter G • Jul 25th, 2008 • Category: Places

Recently, I had the pleasure of making my way to London for a quick weekend with work.  I’ve been to the “Old Dart” on numerous occasions but had never had the opportunity to venture into these famous weekend markets.  Located in the Notting Hill district, they run from south to north covering most of this [...]



Let’s Eat…the Greek way

By Peter G • Nov 17th, 2007 • Category: Greek Food, Places

Mousaka in all its glory
So after a cultural day of sightseeing and analysing ancient Greek lifestyles, I set off to find a place to eat. Nafplio, was well equipped for this with many restaurants on offer. I was so looking forward to eat a mini feast and indulge in a lot of “traditional” [...]



The Port city of Nafplio

By Peter G • Nov 16th, 2007 • Category: Places

Summer colours
Continuing in my (delayed…sorry!) Greece series of recent adventures, I made my way to the port city of Nafplio. What a delightful change from the hustle and bustle of Athens. It was October and the weather was hovering around the mid 20’s mark. It was so “summery” and I could just [...]



The Acropolis

By Peter G • Nov 8th, 2007 • Category: Places

The eerie setting of The Acropolis…look at those clouds!
It has been used as a temple, a fortress, a citadel and a place to house virgins. It currently lends itself as one of the new 7 ancient wonders of the world and has thousands of tourists adorning its once sacred grounds. Welcome to The [...]



Welcome to the Jungle…aka Athens

By Peter G • Nov 2nd, 2007 • Category: Places

The city of Athens…viewed from one side of the Acropolis
Finally after nearly four weeks of holidays I have returned back to Australia. And I’m tired, both physically and emotionally. I had returned back to my parents’ homeland after an absence of nearly 30 years. I took about one thousand photos and I [...]



A Journey back to Greece…

By Peter G • Oct 26th, 2007 • Category: Places

The Acropolis…a sight to behold
Why hello! Its been a while. Yours truly has been holidaying in Greece and lapping up every minute of it. I’ve mainly been visiting friends and relatives in the Peloponnese and checking out a lot of ancient ruins. There are many food adventures to re tell and [...]



Quick Visit…Narita, Tokyo

By Peter G • Sep 17th, 2007 • Category: Places

Smiling faces everywhere
All this travelling has left me no time to post. I’m behind about 6 entries but I’ll get there. I recently had 12 hours transisting in Narita which is Tokyo’s airport hub. Not much time to venture into Tokyo itself (I was so bloody tired!) but enough time to take [...]



Food Fest…Singapore

By Peter G • Sep 6th, 2007 • Category: Places

Continuing on from yesterday, I wanted to make this post about the food in Singapore. While there are numerous establishments serving everything from local to “mod” interpretations (you know those places…everything has some kind of “foam” in the dish) I’m going to let you in on where I eat when I’m staying in Singapore.
Singapore [...]



Singapore…Another perspective

By Peter G • Sep 5th, 2007 • Category: Places

Singapore Skyline
A lot has been said about Singapore over the years. While many view it as a “stopover” on their way to Europe there is a whole lot more to this city/state than meets the eye. I have been a regular visitor here on and off for 15 years, namely for work. [...]



One Night in Bangkok

By Peter G • Apr 30th, 2007 • Category: Places

Who doesn’t love Thai food? No other cuisine, in my opinion, marries all the opposite ends of the food spectrum and makes it taste so good!!! There’s the sweet and we’re talking dark rich palm sugar. The sour. Think of juicy limes. The salty. Pungent Thai Fish [...]