Africa
Cape Verde Set In Stone
Task Google Earth with giving you directions on the Mindelo to Porto Novo road and it will tell you it takes just 28 minutes to drive from coast to coast. Google Earth has clearly never driven it… […]
Month: May 2015
Food & drink
Herby Feta Cheese and Spicy Jam on Potato Rosti
Herby feta on potato rosti isn’t a recipe from any particular country; call it a European fusion that involves Greek feta and Swiss rostis… […]
Europe
Moor Than Meets the Eye, Castello S. Jorge in Lisbon
Castello S. Jorge sitting high above Lisbon’s red-tiled rooftops is a shining example of why you can’t always trust what ‘wise’ old locals tell you…. […]
Cape Verde
Food and Drink in Cape Verde
The famous dish of Cape Verde, cachupa is basically a tasty stew of vegetables, beans and chunks of meat flavoured by herbs and spices… […]
Africa
Old Values For A New World in Cape Verde
Sparked by the view of the cemetery on the hill and despite the effort of the climb, all the way up Hetty regales us with tales of her grandmother, a woman who fought hard all her life to make a home for her family… […]
Africa
Ten Scenes of Cape Verde
I have to confess to being so overwhelmed by Cape Verde I don’t know where to begin – so many thoughts, so many memories of surprisingly lush ribeiras, the bluest waters… […]
Europe
They Always Score, Scenes of Munich
Here’s a Munich tip. If time is short, don’t start an exploration of Munich at the Viktualienmarkt. Within a few minutes of nodding appreciatively at pristine… […]