Heading to London? There's a lot more to the city than Buckingham palace and Big Ben. Our guest on this episode of "Postcards," is Che-Marie Trigg, a freelance writer and editor. In February 2023 she relocated from Sydney to London for the second time – she spent two years living and working in the English capital in 2017 and 2018, and has been in the city's grip ever since.    In this Postcard, Che Marie shows us her London, sharing her favourite places to eat and drink, off-the-tourist-track sights, including museums and parks (including one with a swimming pond!) and much more.    So whether London is an upcoming holiday destination for you, or you're just armchair travelling, sit back and enjoy this postcard from London.

Venice has been on the wishlist of  travellers for centuries, but in this postcard, we're taking a tour of a Venice way beyond St Mark's Square, the Rialto Bridge or the Grand Canal. Artist and writer Allison Zurfluh lives on the island of Burano, in the northern section of the Venice lagoon.  Passionate about her adopted home, she tells us a little of the history of the lagoon's islands and shares some of her favourite things to see, do and taste - from taking an excursion on a traditional boat with a local fisherman to where to eat the best seafood, how to do a cicchetti crawl like a local, where to go to visit an island winery, a lace museum or call in on friars living a monastic life on another island. Whether you've never been to Venice, or you're a regular, this view from the lagoon will give you an entirely different perspective of La Serenissima.   

Whether you’re headed to New Zealand imminently, or are dreaming of a future visit, you’ll want to listen to this ExtraVirgin Food & Travel episode. We were lucky enough to have the extremely knowledgeable Stephanie Holmes on the podcast for this episode on New Zealand. A British-born, now Auckland local, Stephanie is the travel editor of The New Zealand Herald, so is perfectly placed to talk us through the can’t-misses of Aotearoa. Of course, we only got to scratch the surface of this incredibly diverse country, but we did get plenty of local intel from Stephanie, including the hottest restaurant in Auckland, her favourite secret bar; can’t-miss art exhibitions, where to ski and the best walking tracks, luxury stays, wellness retreats and wineries and where to see the country’s iconic kiwi, plus a lot more.  We hope find this chat with Stephanie as inspiring as we did.