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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
The tweet from Accor Hotels said “retweet this to win a 2 night stay in Sydney”, well, who am I not to comply with a directive like that? So retweet I did as it was easy enough to do – no forms to complete, no log in or granting access […]
I’ve never climbed a tree, a fence or the monkey bars in my childhood. As a kid in the city, I walked everywhere and played “Freedom” which involved running like crazy to avoid being caught. Climbing a bridge was never something I thought possible but for my birthday visit to […]