Adventures by Miss Adventure

  • Arrivederci Roma. Taking my baggage to Monopoli

    It’s a total myth that Mussolini made the trains run on time. Pure propaganda. Just something he told people to prop up his image—a kind of early “Make Italy Great Again” move. Unlike me, insomnia doesn’t take holidays. I woke at 2:30 a.m. and never made it back to sleep. My alarm was set for Read more

  • Rome – if you want to.

    What Made Me Think of Rome? I can’t quite remember when the thought of Rome first crept in, but I remember exactly where it happened. I was on a flight from Melbourne to Sydney, watching the flat fields of Victoria slip away beneath us. As the plane climbed, I looked out at the rolling hills on the horizon—and, for Read more

  • Sayonara. The sun sets on the package tour

    I had forgotten how good Japan is to visit. Despite Hans Solo, despite the long hours in the bus, despite the patience required to travel with 36 other people who just one.  week before were perfect strangers. Despite the fact I said I would never do a package tour and despite the fact the package Read more

  • Tokyo CSI – The Case of the Missing Case

    During the chaos of disembarking from the ship and the bus being late and people going missing and fighting and all the rest of it, I quietly went to speak to our new guide, Hans. Yes, a Japanese guide who had been given a Dutch name. I advised him of the problem. “We have a Read more

  • Sailing into a storm

    I didn’t expect this. I never thought I would say these three words. I love cruising. All of my favourite things in one place. Waterslides, swimming pools, spas, bars, dancing, karaoke … I could have got exhausted in thinking about what to do next. China was behind us, Japan in front of us and nothing Read more

  • Follow that flag – there is no option

    Changing in Hong Kong, we start picking out who will be our travel companions on our two-for-one Trip A Deal package tour. It wasn’t hard. Most were over 70, couples and Australian. What fun we have before us. In Beijing, we were assembled into our Chinese Zodiac groups. It seemed to go more smoothly then Read more