Royal Caribbean’s main dining room menu is continually changing so that you will never experience the same food more than once on the same cruise. An assortment of menus are shared across all the Royal Caribbean ships, and they aim to coordinate dishes from this selection with the ports the ship will be at and the tastes of the primary demographics on board the vessel. Today’s menu was sampled aboard Radiance of the Seas, and I have also encountered it on Voyager of the Seas and Jewel of the Seas.
Travelling by bus in Australia on Murrays Sydney-Canberra Express Coach
When I visited Canberra recently, I decided to go via bus instead of driving myself. and both offer express services that run from Sydney’s Central Station to Canberra’s Jolimont Centre Bus Terminal via the Sydney Airport and back. These services are meant to be three hours and thirty minutes, about the same time as driving … Read more
12 Things I’m Thankful For This Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve, and that means tomorrow is Christmas! Looking back over the year, there are so many things that have made this year a challenge. Things that are painful, things that are stressful and things that are just frustrating. The year started out with news, both good and bad. My sister was in Australia … Read more
ExpanDrive 6 Review – Improvements and Caveats
As you may have read in my previous blog post on ExpanDrive 5, it had some great features, but some significant caveats. Now, ExpanDrive 6 is here, released almost 6 months ago (July 5, 2017) it’s had some time to release minor updates and bug fixes. So as a traveller looking to keep my local storage at a minimum while having everything backed up and readily available in the cloud, I’m excited to see what version 6 brings to the table. It comes with claims of being 500% faster and the addition of offline-sync mode. It also adds two new cloud platforms, BackBlaze B2 and Google Team Drive as well as a new user interface.
Toyoko Inn Kuko (Tokyo Narita Airport) Deluxe Twin Room 11027 Review (Non-Smoking)
If you are travelling to Japan via the Tokyo Narita Airport, you might have already looked at it on a map and discovered that it is a loooooong way from Tokyo city proper. In fact, it’s almost 70 kilometres from the airport to Tokyo Station in the heart of the city. That’s an hour on … Read more
Top 10 Gift Ideas For Millennials This Christmas (Written by a Millennial)
Millennials are a fickle bunch, I should know since it turns out that I’m one of them (born between 1977 and 2000 according to Millennial Marketing). Some of us are minimalists and don’t want much of anything, we prefer experiences and things that create memories. I think this has been driven in part by all … Read more
Shiroi Koibito Park and Ishiya Chocolate Factory – My number one thing to do in Sapporo
Hey everyone, it’s Matt from Still as Life, and I’m super excited to share this amazing place with you! In all honesty, it is my absolute favourite place in Sapporo on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. Question Have you ever felt like you were Charlie in Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory? If so, where? Let me know … Read more
Visiting Moerenuma Park in Sapporo’s Summer
G’day everyone, in today’s blog, we are going to visit Moerenuma Park in Sapporo’s North East, the #1 rated thing to do in Sapporo , and one of the places we visited during our Hokkaido 6-day road trip. Before we jump into it though, I’ve got a question for you: When you are travelling and … Read more
ING Australia Everyday Round Up – Helping you save your spare change
ING Australia has recently informed customers of a new savings service called Everyday Round Up, which is nearly identical to the Acorns investment model. It’s a great offering that I think will help customers get saving. Is it worthwhile though?
Dongara / Port Denison to Perth and home – Darwin to Perth Roadtrip Day 14
It was lovely to wake up just after sunrise and hear the sound of the waves crashing on the rocks right next to the [eafl id=”4309″ name=”Big4 Dongara Denison Beach Holiday Park” text=”Dongara Denison Big4 Caravan Park”]. We wandered out to the beach just after sunrise, before most people were up, and the footpath along … Read more