Paris food & wine: north 11th & Oberkampf
If I could live anywhere in Paris, I would chose an apartment overlooking the Maurice Gardette Square – the largest patch of...
22 November, 2022 / 0 Comments
Discovering Castell’Azzara in southern Tuscany
I spent a month in August 2022 in Castell'Azzara, Southern Tuscany. I worked as a volunteer at ASHA, the Alchemy School of Healing Arts, just...
13 October, 2022 / 0 Comments
I see red in Bologna
The shady arcades, or portici, of the Italian city of Bologna came as a welcome relief, first from the torrid sun and then,...
09 September, 2022 / 0 Comments
Marseille: ‘Garlic, Mint & Sweet Basil’
I feel at home on the streets of Marseille. Maybe because I'm an exile (by choice). "Marseille is, and always has been,...
30 July, 2022 / 0 Comments
Lyon: capital of gastronomy
I sneaked in a visit to Lyon just before the arrival of the summer heat wave – or la canicule as the French...
25 July, 2022 / 0 Comments
Meadow-time at PRaiRiaL in Lyon
PRaiRiaL, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Lyon's Presqu'île district, is named after the ninth month in the French Republic calendar – the month of...
22 July, 2022 / 0 Comments