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 Build Your Dreams with a country road trip driving a  BYD Atto 3 electric SUV? I was heading out of Sydney for an off-the-grid weekend in Mudgee wine country, and planned to rent a Mitsubishi ASX. But Sixt car hire were offering the electric BYD Atto 3 SUV at about $20 a day…
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February 13, 2024 0