Mar
30
Barcelona, like Paris and London, is really a city of villages, each distinct neighbourhood boasting its own unique identity and character. Once you’re satisfied you’ve seen enough city sights, leave the Ciutat Vella (Old Town) and Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter) and amble over to one of these atmospheric quarters instead. Simply saunter the backstreets, browse …
Mar
24
In Barcelona, like Rome and Paris, the antique façades of the shops and cafés are just as easy on the eye as the goodies inside. These are some of my favourites that I’ve spotted over the last 10 days. They’re in El Born and the Barri Gotic, but you’ll find beautiful antique shop fronts all …
Feb
21
Marrakech is a city made for shopping (and eating too – but more on that in another post), with only a handful of sights to detain you if you let them. We’re lucky that the location of our HomeAway riad, Dar Rocmarra, in the northwestern part of the medina near Bab Doukkala, takes us along …
Feb
12
I have to admit that after watching the documentary Food, Inc. on the flight over to London from Dubai I was a little depressed about the state of the food industry. Watching the undercooked movie Julie & Julia after Food, Inc. didn’t help my mood either. After doing a bespoke ‘London for Foodies’ walk with …
Jan
27
As we’ve travelled the globe over the past few years we’ve noticed an increasing trend for markets around the world to all sell the same trashy manufactured stuff. From Jordan to Spain and Bangkok to Bahrain the same cheap, mass-produced souvenirs, plastic trinkets and machine-made textiles and carpets keep turning up, from Kashmiri ‘pashminas’ made …
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