Bavaria
Finding my smile in Ramsau, Bavaria
I wasn’t feeling the Bavarian love. The scenery might have been inspirational but not for me as it had kept its curves concealed under a blanket of cloud. […]
Europe
Europe
The best fish and seafood to try in the Canary Islands
On every Canary Island there are excellent fish and seafood restaurants serving the catches of the day, prepared simply and deliciously. […]
Europe
La Palma after the forest fires
The news was devastating. La Palma was on fire. Images on social media showed a wall of flames lighting up the night sky. It looked like the whole island was burning. […]
El Hierro
Which is the Best Canary Island for…
All the Canary Islands are different in many ways. The differences may be big, such as diverse epic scenery, and they may be small, items on local menus or aspects of traditional architecture… […]
Bavaria
History and Nature Collide at The Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden
Hitler presented this face of beauty and tranquillity to his diplomatic visitors in a venue as spectacularly picturesque as the plans that were being hatched beneath its façade, were grotesque. […]
Bavaria
A tale of two beautiful Bavarian lakes, Königssee and Obersee
The hills are alive with the sound of music. No, really, they are. A crisp, clear, haunting melody wafts down from on high to serenade us before it fades away into an early morning mist […]
El Hierro
A weekend on El Hierro part 2
The road from Las Playas passes one of our favourite sculptures in the Canary Islands, a lothario looking out to sea. Usually it’s women searching the horizon for the return of loved ones. Not on El Hierro. […]
El Hierro
A weekend on El Hierro part 1
Within an hour of taking off we’re driving along El Hierro’s quiet roads to our first stop at Pozo de la Salud on the western end of the El Golfo Valley. […]
Europe
Walking on La Gomera, to the Valle Gran Rey waterfall
We’d visited Valle Gran Rey on La Gomera many times over the years and had never seen a waterfall. […]
Europe
The seven wonders of Spanish gastronomy
Global insurance company Allianz have just run an initiative in Spain to find out what people consider to be the seven wonders of the country’s gastronomy. […]
Europe
Treading on Canaries, A Walker’s Guide to the Canary Islands
Easy to get to, safe and familiar, with year-round walking weather and routes that vary from easy peasy to tough as nails, the Canary Islands offer some of the best walking in Europe… […]
As we walked out
Coasting along in Saint Florent in Corsica
The distraction from the march or die conditions was the coastal path from Lotu Beach back to Saint Florent fell into the ‘stop every few hundred yards and exclaim WOW’ category […]
Europe
Finding Tapas y Más around Plaza Santa Ana in Madrid
We live in Spain and had high expectations of finding food in Madrid that was different to the cuisine we’re used to. Plaza Mayor, beautiful though it was, didn’t come up with the goods. […]
Corsica
Ten Tastes of Corsica
Corsica may well be famous for the scent of the maquis, but if I was Corsican and forced to live in exile, it’s the tastes of the island that I would most yearn for… […]
Corsica
Overdosing on Kindness in Olmi Cappella, Corsica
The surrounding Corsican countryside was of the super model category when it comes to landscapes – a multi-layered world of rolling hills, sandstone coloured villages teetering on slopes and… […]