http://www.travelramble.com/ Travel Ramble en Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:03:00 GMT Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:03:00 GMT info@travelramble.com info@travelramble.com http://www.travelramble.com/wanderlust/ It's only a month since my last holiday and already I've got itchy feet. Whenever I get home to my own bed, I think: "That trip will last me for... http://www.travelramble.com/wanderlust/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/wanderlust/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:03:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/pintsized-picasso/ Still feeling virtuous after my visit with the kids to the Boone Gallery for children in Los Angeles, I've done it again. If I keep this up, I'll be the... http://www.travelramble.com/pintsized-picasso/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/pintsized-picasso/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:10:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/sea-world-more-than-rides/ Here's a tip - try not to break your arm the day before going to a theme park! We all know that going to theme parks is a favourite holiday... http://www.travelramble.com/sea-world-more-than-rides/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/sea-world-more-than-rides/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:57:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/books-tulips-and-food-the-southern-highlands/ The Southern Highlands region of NSW, an hour from Sydney, Wollongong and Canberra, is a book lover's dream. An ideal day out to escape the heat of summer or to... http://www.travelramble.com/books-tulips-and-food-the-southern-highlands/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/books-tulips-and-food-the-southern-highlands/ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:19:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/closest-overwater-bungalow/ The pressure was on from the beginning - how to recreate the feeling of the year-long overseas working holiday we had for our honeymoon, for the 10th wedding anniversary, with... http://www.travelramble.com/closest-overwater-bungalow/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/closest-overwater-bungalow/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:06:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/web-of-dreams-finding-the-right-hotel/ I love to travel. I guess you do too, if you are reading a travel blog. The other thing I like to do is plan my travel. It's an obsession... http://www.travelramble.com/web-of-dreams-finding-the-right-hotel/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/web-of-dreams-finding-the-right-hotel/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:33:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/frequent-flyer-upgrade/ The one thing that got me through a recent five week stint of solo parenting, then a 14 hour flight to Los Angeles with the kids was the thought of... http://www.travelramble.com/frequent-flyer-upgrade/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/frequent-flyer-upgrade/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:21:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/apartments-vs-hotels/ Hotels beware! Apartments are taking over the world. Do a survey of wotif.com or any other accommodation website and you'll see what I mean. Serviced apartments are competing with hotels... http://www.travelramble.com/apartments-vs-hotels/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/apartments-vs-hotels/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:16:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-the-la-dodgers/ It's been nearly thirty years since I went to a live baseball game. The obsessions of childhood remain, though. Walking in to Dodger Stadium as a 'grown up' was no... http://www.travelramble.com/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-the-la-dodgers/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-the-la-dodgers/ Mon, 19 May 2008 02:41:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/sandon-point-the-worlds-best-beach/ What incredible luck - the world's best beach is right here in the Illawarra. If you're a surfer, you'd know that Sandon Point, 10 kilometres north of Wollongong, is a... http://www.travelramble.com/sandon-point-the-worlds-best-beach/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/sandon-point-the-worlds-best-beach/ Mon, 12 May 2008 00:45:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/going-solo/ Any single parents out there- you have my utmost admiration. I had a five week stint of solo parenting recently and it was full on. Then I added in some... http://www.travelramble.com/going-solo/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/going-solo/ Fri, 09 May 2008 01:45:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-5-the-home-stretch/ As you know I like measuring things. How do you determine if a holiday was better than staying home? For us it's the same as anything else: the 60:40 rule... http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-5-the-home-stretch/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-5-the-home-stretch/ Tue, 06 May 2008 00:39:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-4-disneyland/1/ The theme at Disneyland for 2008 is the year of a million dreams and it really is true. I went to Disneyland six times before I was seven years old... http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-4-disneyland/1/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-4-disneyland/1/ Sun, 04 May 2008 09:17:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-4-disneyland/2/ The theme at Disneyland for 2008 is the year of a million dreams and it really is true. I went to Disneyland six times before I was seven years old... http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-4-disneyland/2/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-4-disneyland/2/ Sun, 04 May 2008 09:17:00 GMT http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-3-the-flight/ Hooray for personal entertainment systems. How did my parents ever cope with three of us on a long haul flight without video on demand? The Qantas system is comprehensive and... http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-3-the-flight/#comments http://www.travelramble.com/was-it-better-than-staying-home-part-3-the-flight/ Sun, 04 May 2008 08:51:00 GMT