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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The final leg of the award ticket journey to Australia – Singapore to Melbourne

My award ticket to Australia was definitely not for the faint of heart – it consisted of four flights, three airlines, thirty hours flying time and two hotels.  I left on Tuesday night and arrived in Melbourne on Saturday (you miss a day over the international date line).  The upside […]

Sofitel Melbourne Atrium Bar on 35

Review: Sofitel Melbourne on Collins – Modern Luxury Accor Hotel In Australia

Arriving in Melbourne after my epic journey Philadelphia – Chicago – Seoul – Singapore, I just wanted to get to the hotel, it was my finish line and would signal that my vacation had begun.  The Melbourne airport has a shuttle bus for $16 AUS that would take me to […]

Wine Tasting & Chocolate in the Yarra Valley of Australia

If you were to walk into most Pennsylvania state controlled liquor stores, the “Australian” wine section is about 90% Yellow Tail. While the “premium section” has a few Australian wines, you can imagine how exciting it has been over the years to visit wineries in Australia on my holidays.  My […]

Iconic Twelve Apostles rock formations along The Great Ocean Road

Exploring The Great Ocean Road in Melbourne

As I look back on the Australia trip, the stars seemed to align for my day on The Great Ocean Road (the GOR) – the weather began sunny and bright on the cool side.  When I was researching “things to do in Melbourne”, driving  The Great Ocean Road was at […]