LIFESTYLE Archives - made up of moments places we visit, food we eat, drinks we consume and people we meet are all made up of moments in time Sun, 25 May 2025 06:05:23 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.8 https://ml7f1ibauelg.i.optimole.com/cb:PMcT.39c00/w:32/h:32/q:mauto/f:best/https://madeupofmoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/travel-blog-logo-square.png LIFESTYLE Archives - made up of moments 32 32 Welcome to a New Year https://madeupofmoments.com/welcome-to-a-new-year/ Sat, 09 Jan 2021 07:55:44 +0000 https://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2884 Well, hello, 2021! And goodbye 2020… There have been several funny memes circulating on Facebook in the lead up to 2021. And who can blame them, 2020 was definitely an experience. Here are a couple I particularly liked. Reveiwing my 2020 goals Before I look forward, I thought I’d check-in and see how I did […]

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]]> Exploring the Burgundy region https://madeupofmoments.com/exploring-the-burgundy-region/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:37:42 +0000 https://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2855 Fields of orange, red and yellow that seem to go on forever. Prolonged skies of various shades of blue and grey with the intermittent wisp of white. Stone buildings with the occasional steeple dotting the landscape. You may even catch a glimpse of the distinctive terracotta tiles that pattern the roofs in the region. As […]

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]]> Mid-life crisis or just life? https://madeupofmoments.com/mid-life-crisis/ Tue, 07 Jul 2020 01:07:26 +0000 https://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2841 Every week I buy a Powerball lotto ticket online. On Friday morning I log into my Lotterywest account to check to see if I have struck it lucky. I get a little excited with anticipation when I do this. I think to myself, what if it’s me. What if this week, I’m the lotto winner! […]

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]]> 5 days in Switzerland https://madeupofmoments.com/5-days-in-switzerland/ https://madeupofmoments.com/5-days-in-switzerland/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:20:03 +0000 https://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2732 I had no real expectations of Switzerland. I knew it was going to be beautiful and I had hoped we would see lots of gorgeous scenery. And it delivered. We flew into Geneva from Brussels at 7:45am. It was an easy flight just over an hour. Whenever we travel, we always prefer to leave our […]

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]]> https://madeupofmoments.com/5-days-in-switzerland/feed/ 4 New Year Goals https://madeupofmoments.com/new-year-goals/ Sun, 12 Jan 2020 02:26:03 +0000 https://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2557 Welcome to 2020! The beginning of a new decade. With the start of a new year, I have seen lots of post, emails and social platforms with people reflecting on 2019 and also setting resolutions for the new year. I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of setting new year’s resolutions. Because […]

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]]> Why I love music and you should too https://madeupofmoments.com/i-love-music/ https://madeupofmoments.com/i-love-music/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:35:49 +0000 http://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2169 How important is music to you? Put simply, I just love music and it features heavily in my everyday life. It can instantly brighten your day, evoke a memory or simply let you drown out the mundane and escape to another world. Creating Memories I met my good friend, Ilks, for lunch a few weeks […]

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]]> https://madeupofmoments.com/i-love-music/feed/ 2 Achieving a work life balance https://madeupofmoments.com/work-life-balance/ Sun, 27 Oct 2019 04:34:44 +0000 http://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2106 Back in 2017, on New Years Day to be exact, I decided to start this blog. I wanted an outlet to be creative and to also record my memories, particularly our travels. So, I wrote a few posts. But then I took an unintentional hiatus after only 6 months due to work commitments and, well, […]

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]]> My USA travel wish list https://madeupofmoments.com/usa-travel-wish-list/ Sun, 15 Sep 2019 10:17:44 +0000 http://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2068 I have had a hankering to travel to the USA for the past few years. Fortunately, I have finally convinced The Man that this should be our next “big” trip. While contemplating which states we would visit I decided to make a list of experiences that I’ve always thought about doing while visiting the USA. […]

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]]> Travel planning and why I love it https://madeupofmoments.com/travel-planning/ https://madeupofmoments.com/travel-planning/#comments Sun, 23 Jun 2019 09:12:55 +0000 http://madeupofmoments.com/?p=2020 Hands up who loves planning a holiday just as much (and maybe a little more) as the actual holiday? My hand is firmly raised. Earlier this year I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Thoughtful Travel Podcast by Amanda Kendle from Not a Ballerina (psst it’s episode 128 if you want to […]

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]]> https://madeupofmoments.com/travel-planning/feed/ 6 Day trip to Zermatt and Luzern https://madeupofmoments.com/day-trip-to-zermatt/ Sat, 01 Jul 2017 04:40:59 +0000 http://madeupofmoments.com/?p=633 On our last 2 days in Switzerland we decided to spend one day in Zermatt (to visit the Matterhorn) and one day in Lucerne. Zermatt Zermatt is home of the Matterhorn, a peak in the Alps that straddles the Swiss and Italian border. The Matterhorn is the 10th highest peak, at 4478m high, in Switzerland […]

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