View of Sydney Opera House from the Harbour bridge

Australia Borders Closed – Memories of My First Trip to Australia (Sydney & Cairns)

Grounded due to Covid, we can still plan for dream trips to look forward to in 2021 and/or 2022. Australia is one of those dreamy getaways on many bucket lists so sharing my memories of my first trip to Australia, when I pointed to page 10 of the Qantas vacation […]

MONA Trampoline Music Interactive Art

Meet MONA in Tasmania – You’ll Never Look at Art the Same Way Again!

I have a (not so good) history with Modern Art – some has left me wondering “WTF” and others have caused me so much emotion (usually anger) that I need to leave the gallery immediately whilst muttering to myself. I’ll probably never understand “The Rose” (white canvas painted white) at […]

Sydney Opera House

Gorgeous Photos of Sydney Australia as I Chase the Sun

For a month, my travels had been plagued with rain in both Dublin and London and while not quite surprising in either city, I was looking forward to my Australia trip – my suitcase was packed with sunscreen, flip flops and summer clothes (my sneakers were thrown in last minute […]

Westin Sydney King Room

The Westin Sydney Review – A Luxury Award Stay in Australia

On my first visit to The Westin Sydney many years ago, I got stuck in the elevator.  No, there wasn’t an electrical or mechanical problem, it was a dumb “only Sue” reason – I couldn’t get my keycard to work in the slot to press my floor.  I tried a […]

Street Art Melbourne

Melbourne Meatball Memories on Flinders Lane

Having just completed my four day journey from Philadelphia to Melbourne with an overnight flight from Singapore, I was hungry.  With an early check-in to the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins,  I was eager to forage for food after reading so many fantastic articles about the Melbourne restaurant/food scene. But I had […]

The Henry Jones Art Hotel art collection

Review: The Henry Jones Art Hotel in Hobart, Tasmania – Luxury Art Gallery Hotel

The art was overwhelming, it was everywhere and I was wandering the hallways happily taking photos of everything. While this would be appropriate in an art museum, I was a guest at the art hotel, specifically The Henry Jones Art Hotel in Hobart, Tasmania. Tasmania is an Australian island a […]

Melbourne Street Art

The Melbourne Street Art Tour

Melbourne, Australia is internationally known for it’s street art, something I didn’t realize until I was researching the city prior to my RTW trip.  I grew up with the destructive graffiti of tagging that littered the streets of Philadelphia in the 70’s and 80’s and that still exists today so […]

Sydney Opera House in clouds and rain

Sydney in the Rain – Making the Best of the City on My Birthday in Sydney

Rain in Sydney – Making the Best of the City on My Birthday in Sydney, Australia The rain used to follow me on vacation, it became a running joke with friends and family that a gloomy cloud resided over my head and went with me on vacation.  At some point, […]

Matox art in Paris

The Joy of Discovering Street Art in Cities Around the World for FriFotos

  Growing up in Philadelphia, I was exposed to graffiti and thought that it was destructive and ugly.  I didn’t know the nuances of the tags – the street names, the gangs, etc.   I just knew that it was, for the most part, black spray paint as either puffy […]