Renee Travels

Christmas in Europe

On December 16th 2023, we embarked on a bucket list adventure to explore the European Christmas Markets. With romantic images of twinkling lights and snow capped villages in mind, we set off to… Frankfurt | Nuremberg | Rothenburg ob Tauber | Strasbourg | Colmar | Riquewihr | Ribeauville. FRANKFURT Nuremberg

2023 Japan

A special adventure for my 40th birthday in April 2023. We flew into Osaka from Los Angeles, for a few days of Super Mario World (Theme Parks), TeamLab in the Botanical Gardens, cute animals and tasty treats. (Octopus balls anyone??) On to Gotemba on the bullet train where we had our first authentic Onsen experience…

Japan – 2016 – Gallery

Another one of my foodie adventures with the wonderful crew at Intrepid. This was the one if you’d like to check it out: http://www.intrepidtravel.com/au/japan/real-food-adventure-japan-102210 Tokyo> Takayama > Koya-San > Kyoto > Osaka > Hiroshima > Miyajima > Osaka

Time for take off

It’s something about that moment, when the wheels lift off the ground and you are at the mercy of those big silver wings. I get butterflies, like an anxious excitement. Not sure if I’m perhaps nervous about where I’m headed, or what I’m leaving behind. I know sometimes I’ve been happy to leave it all…

Seattle and Portland

Recently took my first trip to the beautiful cities of Seattle an Portland with my good friend, photographer extraordinaire and fellow travel addict Kirsty Ryan. We flew into rendezvous at Seattle, hired a car (two aussie girls roadtripping through the US, watch out!!), and spent a long weekend exploring the sights and the culinary delights…

ReneeTravels on Facebook

Decided to share some of my adventures on Facebook too, you can find me at: https://www.facebook.com/ReneeTravelsTheWorld Still on Instagram too: http://instagram.com/reneetravels

Mexico City – First Impressions

So I made it to Mexico City, through immigration where apparently it’s all good to breast feed in the queue. The airport was slow but the people are more than lovely enough to make up for it. As we get get diverted from a blocked off street, with a giant Playboy bus paked outside a…

Norman Petty Studios. Clovis, New Mexico, USA

Buddy Holly is a name known throughout the ages and music tastes. Sadly his career was cut short in a 1959 plane crash, but his work will always be remembered as an innovative and influential force in rock and roll. His biggest hit “That’ll Be The Day” was a best seller in the US, and…

Chefchaouen – Morocco

Chefchaouen is hands down the most striking place I have ever visited. The perfect combination of relaxation and exploration, with rich colour and curiosities at every turn. As my bus rounded that final turn, revealing the vivid blue medina splashed across the Rif mountains, I was sold. Chefcaouen was painted blue by the Jewish refugees…

San Francisco – Alcatraz

Its one of the most notorious prisons in the world, one of the most famous tourist attractions in the US and seems to be at the top of the to do list for anyone who comes to San Francisco – but does Alcatraz live up to its hype? I visited on a chilly Saturday night…

Casablanca – Morocco 2012

Landed in Casablanca…. First impression of Morocco? Wow, what a mess! It’s labelled as a developing country, but it’s more like they developed something beautiful and then changed their minds about it. If you squint you can see the city’s heyday. Stunning Art Deco shapes on every wall, Arabic text etched into intricate archways and…

Central Australia

More to come on my April 2012 trip through central Australia including: Adelaide, Alice Springs, Ayres Rock and the Olgas.

Next stop – Morocco

As we near the last 2 hours of our 14 hour flight to Dubai, the lights are on and we have all finished breakfast. Really not a bad one for aeroplane food either, Emirates are good at their snacks. I’m scanning the plane and wondering where everyone is headed. To me, Dubai is more of a transit…

Time for Thailand

Thailand.. Cocktails, Massages, Pad Thai, Beaches, Pampering and a few more cocktails…bliss! The fact you are reading this tells me you are either a good friend (thankyou, love you!) or you too have the travel bug, which means you too are probably subscribed to one (or like me, ten) of those mailing lists where they…

Bogota, Colombia

What an amazing city of contrasts! But if I must… Green. Wandering around what is the (broken) Concrete jungle of Bogota, you are never more than a few steps from a glimpse of the expansive mountains that surround this metropolis. I learnt quickly that watching the mountains instead of the traffic can be quite hazardous…

A perfect moment in Turkey..

I escaped my cubicle in Australia for the greener pastures of Europe for a few months… As I snapped this picture I was….. sunk into a teal green beanbag, smoking melon hookah, listening to prayer time chanting from the mosque, nibbling on fresh red strawberries sprinkled with sugar and sipping at turkish apple tea. In…

The Golden Deserts of Dubai

The second you land in Dubai, you know you are in the desert. Yeah so you may be in one of the most fancy-pants airports on the planet, and you may drive by some of the most shiny monstrosities of silver steel and blue glass known to man, but the inmistakable dry heat haze, the sand and…

The Rainbow of India

I always got odd looks from people when I said I wanted to visit India for the colour, but it really was what drew me there. Hinduism with all its colour and stories, and India, not only for my girly love of bling shopping but of course the magenta saris, red turbans and bright yellow…