I was asked to craft a Grantourismo-style romantic city escape or luxury honeymoon holiday, a break focused firmly on love and romance but one involving a slow, local and experiential travel, and a lot of food and wine. Grantourismo Guide to Love, Romance and Local Travel – Romantic City Escapes Barcelona, Spain Stay The intimate ABaC Hotel, … Read more
Spa break, bootcamp, massage school… as I’ve been doing research online to see if there are any mass alms-giving ceremonies coming up in Thailand over the next two months that will give me the opportunity to re-shoot the photo on that holiday that you helped us win, I’ve also been thinking about the kind of … Read more
Coffee cupping at Market Lane café in Melbourne had been recommended to us by a guide on one of the market tours we did. Melburnians are obsessed with their coffee and cafés and see Melbourne as a global coffee-making capital. Does Melbourne make the world’s best coffee? We were about to find out. The best coffee we’d had was at Market Lane’s … Read more
Afternoon tea at The Hotel Windsor is a quintessential Melbourne experience for many, and for locals as much as tourists. While afternoon tea may currently be in vogue – it was inevitable it would follow on from the cupcake fad – the Hotel Windsor has been serving its traditional afternoon tea continuously since 1883, and … Read more
We’re doing a morning market walk, followed by a Lao cooking course on an organic farm in the Luang Prabang countryside, with sous-chef Anousith from the beautiful Amantaka resort. When I ask Anousith where he’s from, he responds “Luang Prabang,” and grins. “But my home is the morning market.” It’s early morning in Luang Prabang and while the … Read more