Porto – a blog from April Some places you just get a good vibe. Despite arriving late one evening, the taxi dropping us off at the top of the road (traffic prohibited down on the waterfront), it felt . . . good. The last bit had been along the River Douro (Av. Gustavo Eiffel) past …
Roma blacksmith with red hot forged iron Mesendorf (staying at the Gasthaus) is a beautiful, Romanian rustic village. It boasts a winding lane up to the church and long views back across ‘green and pleasant lands’. A blacksmith – a vital part of life here – has a small hut at the back of a …
There is a very special place in Rhodes Town that is dear to our heart. We first arrived to Spirit of the Knights in June 2014 where Felicity Marshall, a British mosaic artist decided to restore a 14th century crusader mansion in the Medieval town of Rhodes along with her son, Alex. There are six …
The Little Mermaid Copenhagen – capital of Denmark. It has been around as a ‘Havn’ from around AD1000 initially prospering from the shoals of herring in its waters. It certainly has had its fair share of ‘moments in history’ – civil war, losing territories to Sweden, The Great Fire of 1728, battles with the British …
Sometimes a random advert in a Tube station seduces you into thinking “that would be a good idea” without really considering the implications of the British weather in January. After all, the ‘light show’ in Canary Wharf the previous week was brilliant with beautiful, blue wintery skies and a stunning magic hour. We had our …