Alternative Berlin is an edgy local travel company offering a Real Berlin walking tour that takes participants on a stroll around the city to absorb street art, urban art projects, squat houses, and communes. We tested it out for you and concluded it’s a must-do in Berlin. Here’s why… Alternative Berlin takes travellers on a walk through Berlin’s … Read more
After stumbling around in the snow on our first night in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, we soon realized that there is a bewildering number of inviting bars in the neighbourhood. While we tried to sample as many as we could, we decided to cut to the chase and accept an offer from the owners of our … Read more
There are few activities more local than lingering over coffee while leisurely reading a book in a neighbourhood café. Yet too few travellers allow themselves the luxury of spending time doing nothing at all in a local café. There are always too many must-do sights on travellers’ lists to check out, so time hanging out … Read more
Having lived in the Middle East for so long and traveled widely and written about the food, we have to admit that we consider ourselves to be something of connoisseurs of Middle Eastern cuisines – often very mistakenly reduced to just being called ‘Lebanese food’. We love a great hummus and nobody does it better … Read more
We open the door to our Budapest apartment rental and in walks Gábor Bánfalvi of Taste Hungary, pulling a canvas shopping cart on wheels behind him like the one my grandmother used to use. I’m midway through drying a dozen wine glasses I’d washed in preparation, which it turns out aren’t necessary. Gábor has come … Read more