Food & drink
Slow Travel means being flexible with your eating patterns
It’s one thing to want to dive into the gastronomy of a destination, but an authentic Slow Travel experience means embracing its eating patterns as well. […]
Month: July 2018
Europe
Scenes of a stroll around 5 districts of Venice
Venice is one of those destinations which sat loftily on a grand cerebral column. But reports of it being an overcrowded tourist destination (regularly lumped in with Barcelona and Dubrovnik) had made us wary that it might be just another dreamy bubble waiting to be burst. […]
Travel Photography
Seven Slow Travel photos in 2018, part one
Our Slow Travel photos are often snapshots in time of an experience which has left a lasting impression. Why that is might only be obvious to us. As a photographer I can only hope that some convey the merest taste of what we felt at the time. […]
Europe
Six Setúbal Surprises
Economically and gastronomically upwardly mobile, the city of Setúbal, south of Lisbon, has more secrets than the average espionage agent; these are just six of them… […]
Equipment & Accessories
Behind the scenes of writing walking route directions
For anyone out there with an interest in how the walking directions in their hands came into existence, here’s how we put together routes. […]
Europe
Dancing in the Rain in Piazza San Marco
From behind the façade of Caffè Florian, the strains of a philharmonic orchestra drift into the piazza lending the scene an ethereal romance. I’m already spellbound when the orchestra begins to play… […]
Europe
Using online travel advice to choose where to eat in Venice
Not knowing Venice, I thought it might be an interesting exercise to use some of the online tools at hand to see which came out tops. […]