Food & drink
Ten Travel Commandments or Travel Myths?
Ask a Local assumes every ‘local’ is a travel guru who knows all about history, culture, traditions and where there’s a secret attraction only locals know about. […]
Month: December 2013
Europe
Road Tripping on Fuerteventura, More than a Big Sandy Beach
When we reached Puerto del Rosario we felt we were starting to see the real Fuerteventura. The island’s capital doesn’t have the history that some of the other… […]
Europe
The Mysterious Mystery, of Stones and Men
The Guimar Pyramids have fascinated me since I first learned of their existence. I admit it, I want to believe they are real. Many don’t… […]
Europe
Finding Monsters in Beaucaire and Tarascon
Beaucaire and Tarascon. French towns on either side of the Rhone that are similar in some ways and very different in others… […]
Europe
Review of Hotel Cal Sastre in Santa Pau
So it was a huge surprise and delight to discover that the Hotel Cal Sastre was to be our base when we were in the Pyrenees to do a bit of route checking… […]
Food & drink
Which is Better, Food from Ferran Adria or Zavaroni’s Chip Shop?
A blog I’ve just read got me pondering the difference between gourmet food and simple good food as well as the differences in people’s attitude to food. […]
Europe
Review of Hotel Fonda de la Tea in Gran Canaria
Tejeda is a pretty little Gran Canarian town that draws in the visitors who take the time to explore the interior of the island. And for good reason… […]