Real Madrid: a city of neighbourhoods
What I like about the Spanish capital is that it is small enough in the city centre to walk to most places. ...
24 January, 2023 / 0 Comments
Peak harmony: La Vaqueria Montañesa in Madrid
To live in harmony with the landscape and the community links us to a deeper essence in life. Deluz y Companía, the...
19 January, 2023 / 0 Comments
My favourite hotels in Paris
Safety and refuge is what I seek in a hotel. In turn that implies that the décor is aesthetic, the staff welcoming,...
27 December, 2022 / 0 Comments
Paris food & wine: south 11th – Séptime
On the rue de Charonne, in the backstreets of Paris' 11th district, just north of the Gare de Lyon, is a cluster of...
27 December, 2022 / 0 Comments
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
Arles in the frame
For the first time ever, I joined everyone who is anyone in photography in Arles for Les Rencontres d’Arles 2022 – an annual...
17 July, 2022 / 0 Comments
A weekend in Nantes ‘solidaire’
I spent a weekend in Nantes this June as part of my quest to find a city where the energies are right and...
08 July, 2022 / 0 Comments
Getting lost in Palermo
South meets North in Palermo. The capital of Sicily vibrates to a cacophony of sounds, colour and smells. The city's architecture dates...
10 June, 2022 / 0 Comments
Solo in Bordeaux for 2 days
A mere two hours south west of Paris by train, Bordeaux is a cool contender for a weekend break by the water. ...
23 April, 2022 / 0 Comments
My Cannes Awards go to…
I've been to Cannes more times than any other town (not city) in Europe. It's always for work, for an event, whether...
19 March, 2022 / 2 Comments