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Month: August 2013

Catalonia

Slow Travel Though Towns and Villages in the Pyrenees

August 22, 2013 Jack 1

In the case of our last visit to The Pyrenees it was the latter. Long walks across rolling hills, over sharp peaks and through drowsy villages… […]

Ca la Nuria, Setcases
Catalonia

Mushroom Hunting in Spain

August 21, 2013 Andy 0

The pungent odour of mushrooms is intoxicating, it’s enough to make you want to tear your clothes off and roll naked in damp moss… […]

Croatia

A Mind Reading Waiter in Konoba Menego in Hvar

August 19, 2013 Jack 0

Konoba Menega is tucked away up a narrow side street away leading from the harbour in Hvar Town to the fortress on the hill. I know, I know – all authentic… […]

Catalonia

Stormy Weather and Chamois at Ulldeter in the Pyrenees

August 16, 2013 Jack 0

Our ascent through the partly rocky, partly grassy gorge to the Refugi d’Ulldeter was one of those climbs where it was difficult not to beam like a loon… […]

Croatia

Is this the Worst Waitress in Croatia?

August 15, 2013 Jack 7

There are a handful of restaurants in Pomena on Mljet. Most have full frontal views of a too-pretty-to-be-true emerald lake. One doesn’t… […]

Vall de Nuria
Hiking

Winter Ski and Summer Walks at Vall de Núria

August 14, 2013 Andy 0

In winter the slopes of the 3000 metre peaks are thick with snow providing ski and snowboarding pistes. In summer the valley opens up for spectacular walks around the peaks and down the gorge following the Núria River. […]

Travel Talk

Travel Changes You… or Does it?

August 13, 2013 Jack 2

Tucked away in the top of a wardrobe are a couple of pairs of baggy cotton trousers and a load of tops that although not quite dashiki or tie-dye are of a certain ‘travel’ style. […]

Food & drink

Barman, Pour Me a Marrakech

August 11, 2013 Jack 3

Marrakech by its non-alcoholic nature doesn’t have an authentic bar scene… even though it does have a bar scene. […]

Lion Monument, Lucerne
Europe

The Lion Monument of Lucerne

August 9, 2013 Andy 1

His powerful limbs lie, as if in slumber; his noble head, framed by its magnificent mane, lies upon his front paw and in his face is hewn the pain and sorrow of defeat as he exhumes his final breath. Alone. […]

Europe

An Afternoon in Agaete and Puerto de las Nieves on Gran Canaria

August 8, 2013 Jack 2

Puerto de Las Nieves and its big brother, Agaete (with which it is almost joined at the hip) are quite quirky little places that deserve more than a passing glance from the car window. […]

Geissbach Hotel seen through Geissbach Falls
Europe

A Photo Diary of Jemima Morrell’s Swiss Tour

August 6, 2013 Andy 0

“The dangers of Alpine travel may be divided into two classes, the real and the imaginary, and in the retrospect it was found that ours all belonged to the latter.”
Miss Jemima’s Journal 1863 […]

Croatia

Review of Hotel Lapad in Dubrovnik

August 6, 2013 Jack 0

The Hotel Lapad looks like one of those grand hotels from another era, its lovely Victorian façade lending it a style that is befitting of the halcyon days of travel. […]

Croatia

Swimming Boars, Mad Commandos and Sime Fio on Hvar

August 5, 2013 Jack 0

Within an hour of arriving at the Hotel Podstine in Hvar we are sitting in the sun, overlooking one of those perfect rocky coves that Croatia does so well… […]

Europe

World Cuisine, Recipe for French Shepherd’s Pie (Boeuf au Gratin)

August 4, 2013 Jack 0

It had been a while since we’d cooked boeuf au gratin and we’d completely forgotten how its flavours bring on a completely over the top bout of the ‘bravos’… […]

Croatia

The Complicated Business of Buying a Snack in Zadar

August 2, 2013 Jack 5

It was lunchtime. It was hot. We fancied a drink and we were ready for our first snack in Zadar; some local goodie which would get on famously with a bottle… […]

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