Rennes – second capital of food (or is it third?) – travel review
Rennes Market, in the Place des Lices, is there every Saturday, and is considered to be the second- or third-largest in France, depending on whom...
Porto – Harry Potter was born here – travel review
Yes, it’s true, dear reader! The boy with the lightning scar was conceived and born in Porto. This city is also known as Oporto and...
Port, Porto and culinary culture – travel review
You might have visited Porto in Portugal before but it’s worth another look, and perhaps with food and drink in mind this time. There has...
Brick Lane – travel review
Flavours of India and Beyond We Londoners are a cosmopolitan bunch. That isn’t a recent phenomenon: our country has been built, over the centuries, on...
Reims – Tasteful Souvenirs – travel review
Reims is a beautiful and historic city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. It is only 130 km from Paris with easy access by train....
24-Hour Food Frenzy Safari – Street food and more – travel review
The name ’24-Hour Food Frenzy Safari’ might, to the untutored, give the impression of something of a greedy teen munchies extravaganza. Well, in truth, it...
Singapore with Marco Polo – travel review
Not sure if Marco Polo, that celebrated explorer of the East, ever got to the area we now know as Singapore; however, he has given...
Romantic Takayama – travel review
I admit it. I am now an unashamed Japan evangelist. I had always wanted to go and as a much younger person I had a...
Portland, Oregon – colourful in every way – travel review
The Portland area was originally inhabited by two bands of Upper Chinook Native Americans. The Multnomah people settled on and around Sauvie Island, and the...
Groningen – Contemporary and Historic – travel review
Groningen isn’t the first destination in The Netherlands of which one might think. It’s invariably Amsterdam that gets that accolade, and a very fine city...
Valencia, Spain – travel review
Valencia is the third largest city in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona. The Port of Valencia is the 5th busiest container port in Europe and...
Rotterdam – Culinary Comfort and Creativity – travel review
Holland might not be the first country springing to mind when one contemplates a gastronomic break, a food adventure. No, we muse on France, as...
Singapore – A moving story – travel review
One huge flyer, 2 feet, 3 small wheels and 4 F1 tyres Singapore is my destination of choice. It offers everything for which any civilised...
Shanghai City Guide – Lonely Planet – review
Lonely Planet produces some of the most relied-upon and trusted guides around. The company started in a small way in 1972. Tony and Maureen Wheeler...
Tapas Bar Crawl – Barcelona – food and travel review
We have what Jeni Barnett would call a “nearasdammit” son who is Catalan (note: I do not say Spanish). This has given us the advantage...