When in Tuscany…visit San Gimignano! It’s one of the first things everyone who’s been there says, so who am I to argue? This town of towers rises high on a hill clearly visible from miles away. Legend has it that in 63BC, two brothers escaping trouble in Rome built two castles here which later developed into […]
Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer. How’s that for a profound statement? I love travelling! Visting new places, meeting new people, tasting new flavours. It increases my hunger to know more, see more and go more places. I’m fortunate enough travel a fair bit (not nearly enough, obviously) and I’m sure […]
Welcome to the start of a new series on eatingcoventgarden.com. On my travels, if I stay somewhere exceptional that I feel made my visit even better, I’m going to tell you about it. First up, the Hotel Can Alomar which I recently stayed in on a trip to Majorca’s capital, Palma. This boutique hotel (which […]
I’m upset, annoyed, sad and baffled. Why would someone hack into my blog and delete it? Clearly there are a lot of unpleasant people out there. I’ve been tweeting about it and discovered someone whose blog suffered the same fate. I asked her what she did and she said: “I cried a lot and then […]