VACATIONS

HOLIDAYS...

Hm.... our favourite activity


Top of our list:
SKIING
1. Whistler, Vancouver, Canada: argueably the best location for the varied ski slopes, great instructors and fantastic village life/apres ski!... we were there in Winter, 2004.

2. Niseko, Sapporo (Hokkaido), Japan: proximity to Singapore is a major plus... AND the best thing has to be the POWDER snow... metres of it... we've been there twice already, and can't wait to take Madison (?) there soon....

3. Hakuba, Nagano, Japan: easy to get there from Tokyo. Just pop onto the Bullet train and you're there in under 2 hours( i think)... not as much powder, but still fantastic ski slopes and great food...

4. Falls Creek, Mt Buller and Mt Hotham.. Down Under ( Melbourne, Australia ): not great snow, but that's where we picked up our ski feet!!

5. Queenstown, New Zealand: well, what can I say.. we picked a spectacularly BAD season... when we were flying just above the mountain range... brown capped mountain tops!!! The trip turned out ok though... we took tours, hiked... had really great food.

FOODIE TRIPS:

Has to be good ol Melbourne... for our fix of Vietnamese cuisine, good Yum Cha, and great Italian/ Modern Australian food...

1. Langtons: now closed, sadly, in a little known corner of Little Flinders.... I was really sad when I read that they were closing this year ....

2. Brown's Bouchon: also sadly closed a few years ago.. Chris really loves the mashed potato there....

3. Thy Thy2: for our fix of Vietnamese broken rice, pho and salads...

4. Donovans: at St Kilda beach... thankfully still surviving... the best fish and chips, modern Australian food

5. Shark Fin Inn : Good Yum Cha, great for Sunday brunch with Mummy, Neil and Anthony

6. Casa Del gelato: we think the best Italian gelato in Melbourne.. they do so well they close during the winter season!

7. Brunetti: next in line for gelato in winter

8. Bratwurst shop in Victoria Market

9. Albert Park Deli in South Melbourne for the best pies, brunches and salads...