Burj Khalifa Timelapse from Gran Tourismo on Vimeo. By the time we got back to Dubai, we were destroyed. We were completely and utterly wrecked. All we wanted to do was sleep for a few days, so that was exactly what we did. And in true Dubai style, we caught up on our sleep in …
Tag Archive: Dubai
Mar
04
Price Check: What Things Cost Around the World
Aimed at helping travellers staying in holiday rentals and settling into a place for a while, Price Check is a series of posts in which we reported every two weeks on the prices of groceries (no, not only beer) at each destination we stayed on our yearlong grand tour. This post is a comparison of …
Feb
20
My Year in the Kitchen: Favourite Dishes From Around the Globe
One of the things we love most about holiday rentals over hotels is that we’re able to cook and eat ‘at home’. Because unless you’re Keith Floyd (one of my inspirations as a wannabe cook in my 20s), you can’t just rock up to a hotel kitchen and whip something up. You can, however, do …
May
19
With holiday rentals, it’s the little things that make a difference
In a holiday rentals, sometimes it’s the little things that make a difference to your stay. When you check into a hotel, you come to expect certain amenities depending on the class of hotel you’ve booked. Hotel ratings exist to give you an idea as to the standard of facilities and what you can expect …
Apr
28
The Dish: Côte de Bœuf
When we asked superstar chef Pierre Gagnaire his opinion as to which quintessentially Parisian dish I should cook in Paris for my series The Dish, he hesitated. “Think of a dish that you would tell someone they had to have if they came to Paris,” I prompted. After what seemed like an eternity, Chef Gagnaire …
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