Lara Dunston 
If you weren’t travelling vicariously with us on the twelve-month global grand tour that we completed this year, you may be wondering why we’ve been complaining in recent posts of being so tired. Well, we were busy. Very busy. For seven days a week for 12 months. Don’t believe us? Below are some statistics from our … Read more
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 a plush room on the 62nd floor of … Read more
Our third morning in Portugal’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed Douro Valley wine region began with the now mandatory drive through magnificent countryside, our small bus skirting the edge of the misty valley before climbing up to Favaios, on a plateau which at 600 metres is the Douro’s highest point. Favaios is home to Quinta da Avessada, … Read more
So we’re in the Douro Valley? I’m not sure if it was the three days of intense activity at Wine Pleasures’ International Wine Tourism Conference in Porto, Portugal – watching presentations, live-tweeting, blogging, networking, lunching, drinking and dining, and, on the last day, giving a presentation on Grantourismo. Or whether it was the twelve months of … Read more
We’ve been absolutely frantic, working on a book, a city guide, lots of stories for magazines, and developing some exciting Grantourismo partnerships. We’ve also been in Portugal sipping port wine. In case you missed them, catch up here on our Portugal trip with a read of this first post and second. We won’t blame you for thinking that all we … Read more