Our home away from home in Tokyo is a smart little studio apartment in Akasaka. There’s a school on the corner and in the tiny streets behind us there are neat weatherboard houses tightly packed together. There are leafy lanes between the houses, bicycles parked out front, and rows of shoes at the entrances. It’s … Read more
We’re in Venice! And our ‘home’ for two weeks is a 17th century palazzo on the Grand Canal. While we normally begin each series of posts on a new place with a review of our latest holiday rental, we couldn’t resist starting Venice with a time-lapse sequence of the spectacular view from our latest digs. … Read more
A rustic two hundred year old trullo in the countryside outside of Alberobello, in the southern Italian region of Puglia or Apulia is our latest home away from home and it oozes atmosphere, romance and charm. Surrounded by olive groves, it has a swimming pool and a pizza oven built into the walls of the house. … Read more
A colourful casa boasting an olive tree and a blue fishing boat in the cobblestone courtyard is our current home away from home in Teulada, in the southwest of the Italian island of Sardinia. One of three atmospheric apartments in a traditional house called Casa Teulada, our latest home is one of the most delightful … Read more
Our home away from home in Kotor, Montenegro is an apartment overlooking the breathtaking Bay of Kotor with spectacular views of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed old town of Kotor, a former Venetian port that is a kind of mini-Dubrovnik. The apartment is located in Muo, a twenty-minute or so stroll away from Kotor Old Town, … Read more