Category: Travel
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Hiking At The Col De La Cayolle, France
Hiking the Cayolle Pass in the South of France You may remember last week that I told you all about a quest we went on to find the source of the Var River. The day after discovering the tiny puddle that the big river stems from, we decided to go for a glorious…
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Chocolate Eating In Turin, Italy
My favourite chocolate maker in Turin When you’re in Turin, one of the things you should absolutely do after (or during) drinking coffee and wandering around the streets marveling at the architecture, is stop in at a chocolate shop to sample one or two (or MORE) of their chocolates. Turin is famous for its chocolate, and especially…
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Snow-Shoeing In The Susa Valley, Italy
Snow-shoeing, appendicitis, and roundabouts So, decadently holidaying and snowshoeing wasn’t actually where I was last week. This was a little jaunt I went on about a month ago at the same time I was watching other people ski while drinking a Bombardino or two. Last week I was actually in hospital with my eldest…
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Turin Lights Up The Night For Christmas
It’s Christmas Time! Christmas is come and gone but the lights linger on. Every year in Turin from the beginning of November to mid-January they hold the Luci d’Artista (Artist’s Lights). They’re really spectacular! Every year in Turin, Italy, they ask different artists to decorate various streets and squares in the centre of the city…
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New Zealand Life: The Farm
This post is very different from my normal ones. It’s not a recipe, and it’s not about traveling or hiking. This one is more personal. I grew up on a sheep farm in the Northern part of the North Island of New Zealand. To get there, you turn inland at a town called…
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Discovering The Drôme, France
Where in France is The Drome? There was yet another long weekend in France last weekend. They come thick and fast in the month of May; so much so that it seems that everyone is on holiday more often than they are at work or school. These are the times in which…
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Turin, Italy: A City Full of Surprises
A little wander around Turin I’m so lucky that my parents-in-law live in the wonderful North-West Italian city of Turin. OK, I would like them just as much if they lived in some tiny village next to a coal-mine, but it’s definitely an advantage that they come from such a beautiful place! We…
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The Cote d’Azur: Secret Ruins in The Forest
Notre Dame Du Brusc Chapel Follow a narrow, winding road, crowded at the edges with trees jostling for space, and you will discover the ruins of an ancient chapel, squatting quietly in a forest clearing near the perched village of Châteauneuf-de-Grasse. The stony hills behind the bustling Cote d’Azur hide many unexpected discoveries…
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Sauze d’Oulx, Italy: On The Road To Hell
Fresh air is the best medicine Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had a break of some kind over the holiday period and that the whole food/drink excess phenomenon that often happens at this time of the year didn’t make you feel too bad. Just incase, this week there’s going to…
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The Cows Of Cannes
The Cow Parade! Cows, cows everywhere, and not a drop of milk to drink! They’re not the average cow-on-the-street you see munching their way through lush grass and mooing at each other. These are very special, very colourful cows, who have been let loose in the streets of Cannes, in the South of…
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Browsing Spitalfields Market In London
Visiting Spitalfields Market in London A few months ago, I was lucky enough to spend the weekend in London with some friends. We saw a show (Bollywood!), ate at a few fabulous restaurants and visited a couple of markets. You may remember the walk I took you on, back in July, through the incredible Borough…
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Getting Lost in The Valley of Allos
Discovering the french alps with wine and without a bicycle I’m actually working my way backward through our trip to the area of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence that we did a few weeks ago before the Summer holidays finished and things got crazy again. If you click on the link above, you can see exactly…
