Fresco Painting Wall Murals Inspired By Livia’s Garden
You may have already stumbled across some rather striking wall murals on my Instagram. They are all painted by my talented mum (@irenevonck), who…
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24 hours in Chicago
On our way to the CMAFest in Nashville, our connecting flight from Chicago got cancelled, and we found ourselves in the Windy City with…
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Rome Sweet Rome
Ah, Rome. The classical architecture, the romantic ruins, the cobbled streets, the cappuccinos, that familiar heat, the tall ‘pini Romani’, the Aperol Spritzes and…
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Why Nashville And The CMA Fest Should Be Top Of Everyone’s Bucket List
Known as ‘Music City’, and the country music capital of the world, Nashville should be top of the bucket list for any country music…
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Australia part 3 – Two Weeks on a cattle farm in the Australian Outback
After a couple of weeks exploring Melbourne, Sydney, the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast, we went inland past Toowoomba to stay at a family-run…
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Australia part 2 – Noosa, Brisbane and Byron Bay
Ready for some serious beaching, we flew from Sydney into Brisbane so we could explore the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast. The view from…
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Our Big Australia Trip Part 1: Melbourne and Sydney highlights
My present to Jonathan for his 30th birthday was a trip to Nashville to the country music festival. Plus a somewhat spontaneous day in…
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Halloween in The Boltons
If you love the tradition of Halloween but don’t know where to celebrate it in London, then The Boltons is your answer! I hadn’t…
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Exploring London from the water
They say that if you’re tired of London, you’re tired of life. A bit dramatic perhaps, but if you’re stuck in a rut and…
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Chelsea flat before and after
After a couple of years living in the ‘burbs (see the house tour), we finally came back to my home turf in South Kensington…
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