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If you’re planning a trip to Chambéry, France, this post will help prepare you for what there is to see, do, eat and drink in this historically intriguing Alpine town that is often overlooked by tourists to the area. This small city of around 50,000 […]
It’s hard not to compare Portobello Road Antique Market London today with what it used to be, even just ten years ago. Gone are the days when you would see stalls lining the streets with tables laden with knick-knacks next to silver next to china. […]
Qatar, with only three million people, is one of the richest countries in the world with oil and natural gas keeping it top of that list. Still,1.5 million of those are expats and the city is filled with restaurants and shops catering to all tastes. […]
There are so many Greek Islands but only one has a reputation for its food – Sifnos. There are so many fantastic Sifnos restaurants that it’s hard to choose. One reason so many Greek and French tourists come to eat is that the father of […]
Venice, Venezia, La Serennissima…everyone knows its name…it’s been dreamt of, written about, extolled, lauded, hated (by few) and now it’s your turn to experience it with a little help from my Venice Itinerary for the first timer. Venice itinerary for the first timer A few […]
Jump into a tuk-tuk and all you have to do is say Nimman. The driver will transport you to one of the hippest streets in Chiang Mai. Officially the street is called Nimmanhaemin Road, but everyone just calls this trendy shopping street by its shortened […]
A trip to Ghent can be used as an excuse to drink your fair share of Ghent beers and devour up loads of Moules Frites Ghent & Cuberdons! I would be a fool to try and steer you away from this ritual, but I don’t […]
If you’re planning a trip to Chambéry, France, this post will help prepare you for what there is to see, do, eat and drink in this historically intriguing Alpine town that is often overlooked by tourists to the area. This small city of around 50,000 […]
Annecy, France is a small French city with a delightful old town center that is alluring and attractive for visitors, both French and foreign. Even if you only have two days, you will have time to try all the great things to do in Annecy, […]
I truly believe the silence is what I love about winter. Traipsing through the snow-covered hills of the Vallée de la Manche just outside the Morzine ski resort in the Savoie Mont Blanc region of France, we couldn’t hear a thing except the crunching of […]
Anyone versed in The Three Sisters, Russian playwright Anton Chekhov’s work, knows the passion Olga and Irina have in getting to the big city. “To Moscow, To Moscow, To Moscow”…”Quickly to Moscow”…not to be there is a life “without poetry, without meaning.” What is it […]
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