Month: February 2024

Menton Lemon Festival

Menton is a French Riviera town of around 30,000 people, close to the border with Italy. Since 1934 Menton has held a two week “Fête du Citron” festival in February/March each year celebrating the local citrus fruits, and it is famous around the world. In fact over 200,000 visitors travel to Menton for the Fête…
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February 25, 2024 0

Electric Dreams – and 1% nightmares..

Can you have a weekend in the country driving a “Build Your Dreams” BYD Atto 3 electric SUV? I was heading from Sydney to an off-the-grid weekend in Mudgee wine country and my initial plan had been to rent a Mitsubishi ASX. But Sixt car hire were offering the BYD Atto 3 SUV at about…
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February 13, 2024 0