A night getting your kicks at the Moulin Rouge in Paris’ red-light district, Pigalle, is a must-do experience for many travellers visiting Paris if the nightly long lines on Boulevard Clichy are any indication. It certainly wasn’t our first trip to Paris – we’d been visiting Paris since way back in 1999 and wrote a … Read more
Poking around les Puces de Paris is one of our favourite things to do in Paris. And we all love to have a good poke around a great flea market once in a while, don’t we? Paris certainly satisfies any inclinations to rummage with its profusion of puces or ‘fleas’ dotted about the city, but Les … Read more
On previous trips to Morocco I’ve purchased countless carpets and kilims, Oriental lanterns, colourful ceramics, leather poufs, the ubiquitous teapots and tea glasses, and Essaouira’s famous Thuya wood among suitcases of other things. This time I’m limited in what I buy by the length of our trip, so my souvenir suggestions for you for this … Read more