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Category: In brief

JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Shanghai Pudong ...
4 days ago August 16, 2019August 17, 2019sarahnicho

Marquis Shanghai move …

July 1, 2019August 17, 2019sarahnicho

Pen’s Manilla refurb …

On-the-go lunches at The Mark ...
March 8, 2019August 17, 2019sarahnicho

Lunch at The Mark …

April 2, 2018July 31, 2019sarahnicho

Alice Springs refresh …

March 16, 2018August 3, 2019sarahnicho

Chef ​Luke moves up …

February 20, 2018July 31, 2019sarahnicho

AVANI’s new hotel brand …

July 15, 2017August 1, 2019sarahnicho

AVANI coming to Queensland …

January 22, 2017August 1, 2019sarahnicho

Honkers’ new very Kerry address …

November 24, 2016August 1, 2019sarahnicho

Four Points makes it to Melbourne …

October 14, 2016August 3, 2019sarahnicho

Norwegian sets sail for Alaska bliss …

August 2, 2016August 1, 2019sarahnicho

Singapore’s updated airport stay …

June 5, 2016July 31, 2019sarahnicho

Catch the Kuala Lumpur Express …

April 2, 2016August 3, 2019sarahnicho

Istanbul’s French treat …

March 19, 2016August 18, 2019sarahnicho

Manor makeover …

March 15, 2016August 3, 2019sarahnicho

Lounging with Air NZ …

March 12, 2016August 3, 2019sarahnicho

Very social London …

March 4, 2016July 31, 2019sarahnicho

Brisbane’s new Styles …

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My name is Sarah and I’m a travel journalist writing features and news for a swag of Australian newspapers, magazines and websites.

This is my website, the place I post words and pictures gathered as I galavant around the globe.

So enjoy the news, reviews, updates, random thinking and regular snapping – photos, that is – gathered here.

And you might just find inspiration for your next trip far, near or here.

 

© Sarah Nicholson 2019

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What's new on Instagram ...

... street art in a Melbourne lane. . . . #melbourne #visitmelbourne #victoria #visitvictoria #melbournelaneways #lanes #streetart #art #openairgallery #graffiti #graffitiart #citystyle #cityliving #art #travel #travellover #travelgram #travelling @visitmelbourne
... snowing just a few kilometres from here but the blossom tree in my garden thinks it’s springtime. . . . #athome #winter #wintergarden #wintertime #garden #gardenlove #blossom #blossomtree #sakura #sakura🌸 #pinkflowers #flowers #visitvictoria #victoria #yourhappyspace @visitmelbourne
This (swipe ➡️) is Tim Page last night during the opening of his “21” exhibition showing now at Melbourne’s Leica store. . I have been a Tim Page fan for decades so it was goosebumps time standing just a couple of metres from him as he spoke about his time photographing combat in Vietnam during the most dramatic days of the American War. . I have often been disappointed meeting my idols, but not this time with the legendary photojournalist as cool and casually charismatic as I expected. . Such a treat to be in the same room as the man that inspired me to pick up a camera and try capturing the emotion of the far-away places I visit. . . . #leica #timpage #photographer #gallery #leicagallery #exhibition #artgallery #photographyexhibition photographers #leicaakademieaustralia #leicaakademie #photography#warstories #vietnam @leica_camera_aus @timpagephoto
Travel flashback to where I was this time last year ... watching a storm brew above Quy Nhon from my balcony at Avani Quy Nhon Resort. . And wishing I was there again right now as an Antarctic blast howls across Melbourne and drops the temperature to unpleasantly icy. . . . #quynhon #vietnam #visitvietnam #vietnamtrip #vietnamtravel #myhappyplace #avaniquynhon #avaniresort #traveltheworld #beach #thunderstorm #cloud #cloudporn #sky #skyporn #travel #travelgram #iamatraveller #slowtravel #traveldeeper #travelinspiration #travellover #travelling #travelphotography #escapesnaps @escapesnaps
... admiring architecture in Melbourne. . . . #melbourne #visitmelbourne #victoria #visitvictoria #collinsstreet #architecture #facade #architecturelovers #building #facadelover #architectureporn #symmetry #lookingup #window #windowporn #city #citystyle #cityview #citylife @visitmelbourne
... spent the afternoon at Melbourne Airport’s Dnata Catering Centre to learn more about how the team - around 470 staffers including 90 chefs - prepare meals for travellers flying from Melbs. . The team prepare around 15,000 meals a day for 40-something flights, with that number jumping to 26,000 in-flight snacks during school holidays. . I was there as a guest of Malaysian Airlines - one of Dnata’s customers - to see how the catering centre manages the carrier’s multi-cultural requirements. . . . #dnata #fly #flying #food #foodie #airport #melbourneairport #airplanefood #malaysianairlines #eat #eating #travelfood #travelfoodie #kitchen #catering #travel #travelphotography #travelgram #travelholic #travelling #traveller @melbourneairportau #escapesnaps @escapesnaps
... “under the clocks” at Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station. . . . #melbourne #visitmelbourne #victoria #visitvictoria #athome #mymelbourne #flindersstreet #clocks #undertheclocks #window #windowporn #facade #architecture #historicplaces #historicbuilding #flindersstreetstation #railwaystation #station #travelgram #travelling #traveller #travel #travelholic #travelphotography @visitmelbourne
... #latergram Le Castellet door. . . . #france #lecastellet #provence #southoffrance #cotedazur #francetrip #provencefrance #provencestyle #door #doorporn #olddoor #entrance #villagestyle #architecturelovers #facade #architecture #architectureporn #oldbuilding #travelgram #travelholic #travel #travelling #traveller #seetheworld ##traveldeeper #gosomewhere
... Le Castellet courtyard #latergram. . . . #france #lecastellet #provencefrance #provence #provencestyle #provencelife #courtyard #facade #door #doorporn #doorsofinstagram #garden #gardenlovers #gardengoals #gardendesign travel #travelling #travelholic #travelgram #traveltheworld #traveldeeper #gosomewhere #francetrip
... #latergram from my day in Le Castellet. My favourite photo from the day, nothing fancy, just a rickety fence and disheveled garden, but to me this is so Provence. . . . #France #visitfrance #lacastellet #provencestyle #lesud #provence #southoffrance #cotedazur #mediterranean #mediterraneancruise #sevenseasvoyager #cruise #cruising #shoreexcursion #flowers #springflowers #wildflowers #fence #gate #gardengoals #garden #gardenlovers #travel #travelling #traveller #travelholic #traveldeeper #travelgram #travelphotography
... #latergram from my day in Le Castellet when the meadows surrounding the hilltop hamlet were carpeted in springtime blooms. . . . #France #visitfrance #lacastellet #provence #southoffrance #cotedazur #mediterranean #mediterraneancruise #sevenseasvoyager #regentcruises #experienceregent #cruise #cruising #shoreexcursion #flowers #springflowers #whiteflowers #wildflowers #gardengoals #garden #gardenlovers travel #travelling #traveller #travelholic #travelgram #travelphotography @regentcruises
... #latergram from my visit to Le Castellet last month. This is the view across the fields and villages of southern Provence from the Balcony of Women. The hilltop hamlet’s women folk would gather on this ledge to watch their men at battle below back in the medieval days when marauders rampaged across the south of France. Now the perfect place for visiting tourists to sit while enjoying a scoop of lavender ice cream. . . . . . . #France #visitfrance #lecastellet #provence #cotedazur #mediterraneancruise #sevenseasvoyager #regentcruises #experienceregent #cruise #cruising #shoreexcursion #view #lookout #viewpoint #myview #landscape #balcony #provencestyle #provencelife #hilltop #traveldeeper #traveltheworld #travel #travelling #traveller #travelholic #travelgram #travelphotography @regentcruises
... #latergram from last month’s visit to Le Castellet. This is the archway leading to the Balcony of Women, where the town’s female folk would stand to watch their men at battle in the fields far below the hilltop hamlet. . . . #France #visitfrance #lecastellet #provence #southoffrance #cotedazur #mediterranean #mediterraneancruise #sevenseasvoyager #regentcruises #experienceregent #cruise #cruising #shoreexcursion #architecturelovers #archway #door #entrance #balcony #provencestyle #provencelife #hilltop #villagestyle #travel #travelling #traveller #travelholic #travelgram #travelphotography @regentcruises
... #latergram from my day in Le Castellet last month. I spent a few sunny hours in this delightful hilltop village while Seven Seas Voyager was navigating the Côte d’Azur. I could have visited any number of hamlets that day but settled on La Castellet because it’s close to the race track where the French GP is held and I LOVE F1. I didn’t see the track - it’s to the north and apparently on the other side of a mountain - but I could hear engines roaring so that was good enough for me. And, BYW, the French GP is on this very weekend ... go @danielricciardo . . . #France #visitfrance #lecastellet #provence #southoffrance #cotedazur #mediterranean #mediterraneancruise #sevenseasvoyager #regentcruises #experienceregent #cruise #cruising #shoreexcursion #facade #facadelovers #architecturelovers #architectureporn #provencestyle #provencelife #hilltop #village #villagestyle #travel #travelling #traveller #travelholic #travelgram #travelphotography @regentcruises
#latergram ... admiring architecture during a May day in Marseille. Spent a sun-shining day exploring France’s second-largest city when Regent’s Seven Seas Voyager was cruising the Mediterranean. @regentcruises || #experienceregent . . . #marseille #france #southoffrance #cotedazur #cruise #cruising #portvisit #shoreexcursion #travel #travelling #traveller #travelholic #travelholic #facade #architectureporn #architecturelovers #architecture #architectural #traveldeeper #traveltheworld #traveleurope #postcardsfromtheworld #letsgosomwhere #sevenseasvoyager #regentcruise

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