What’s so refreshing about a visit to The Tatra Museum in Zakopane, in the southern Tatra Mountains in Poland, is that the artefacts on display don’t belong to some long-past culture or dying traditions. Rather, the exhibits in this splendid building explain a rich local culture that is very much alive on the streets outside. An … Read more
Sprawled across several floors in a colossal Victorian building on Cape Town’s cool Long Street, the Pan African Market is a one-stop-shop for African souvenirs. You can spend hours browsing the warren of dozens of small shops selling traditional and contemporary tribal art, handicrafts, textiles, musical instruments, dolls, and jewellery from all over Africa, making … Read more
The markets and shops of Mexico are crammed with colourful keepsakes. After all the research I did for you in Mexico City on folk art and handicrafts and stationery souvenirs, I couldn’t move on empty-handed. Here are some practical souvenir ideas from my purchases. Unfortunately, being on the road full-time, literally living out of our Samsonites, means I can’t purchase as many … Read more
Calaveras, alebrijes, muñecas… what’s on your shopping list? Mine always includes Mexican folk art and handicrafts when I’m here. If my story on Mexico City’s Museum of Popular Art inspired you to shop Mexico, then here’s a list of some of my favourite things to buy and my favourite places to buy them: Mexican Folk Art … Read more
Those kooky skeletons, colourful tapestries and crazy masks you see at the markets in Mexico all have stories. Mexico City’s Museum of Popular Art is the place to learn about them. Mexico’s arts and crafts are so much more than souvenirs for you to take home. The country’s popular art – art created by the people … Read more