Alentejo
Town or countryside? I want both
Urban or rural? Beach or mountain? Large luxury resort hotel or family run pension? Michelin cuisine or simple street food? Quiet tasca or bouncing nightclub? Bustling city or tranquil village? […]
Month: January 2018
Crete
The Slow Travel Moment in Crete
A man-made lake on Crete proved the perfect setting for a couple of Slow Travel moments, appropriately as our remit was to enhance a Slow Travel holiday. […]
Food & drink
Eat local, eat pizza
When there’s a spin on toppings which subtly, or not, shifts it from safe comfort food you can get just about anywhere to something different, something with a distinctly local flavour. […]
Europe
Walking in the Lima Valley in Northern Portugal
The pace of life here forces you to slow down, change your stride to a step, and stand awhile to watch the herons glide above the teal surface of the river which lazily melts its way across the valley… […]
Europe
10 reasons we enjoy walking on La Gomera
Over the last two decades I’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve visited La Gomera. A friend lives in a remote valley in the heart of Garajonay National Park; so remote it’s a […]
Food & drink
Scottish haggis, a working class culinary hero
Turn off the brain and just let the taste-buds do their job objectively. Haggis is good. It is, after all, the Great chieftain o’ the pudding-race. […]
Algarve
Warm winter walking on the Algarve’s golden coast
I’m focussing on the coastal areas we explored for one specific reason – Portugal’s south and south west had us as wide-eyed as characters in a Japanese anime movie. […]