We sat down for a vegan paella at one of our favourite restaurants in Barcelona, a place we return to specifically for this dish. Plant-based options are still surprisingly difficult to find on many restaurant menus, but that’s a topic for another post. The restaurant overlooks one of Barcelona’s most beautiful squares: Plaça Reial, the […]
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The beach is not an ashtray
We’ve been in Spain for a good few months and are temporarily residing in a seaside town called Sitges, roughly 30 km south of Barcelona. It’s a pretty little town with a quaint historic centre, beautiful churches and magnificent beaches. As the gay capital of Spain it’s a feelgood town. Sitges is a popular resort […]
Travel during Covid-19
The freedom to travel ended with Covid-19 being declared a pandemic. Lockdown is a word we are all familiar with and social distancing is the new norm. Around the globe restrictions are in place without a clear end date. Most agree that our lives will not go back to how they were. If, like me, […]
All I want for Christmas
After 25 years Mariah Carey finally got to no 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 with her song “All I want for Christmas is you”. It’s great that Mariah wants love for Christmas and does not seek more possessions. Like so many of us she’s probably received a multitude of Christmas presents in her lifetime. […]
From Istiklal street to Kalverstraat: why Black Friday is so wrong
Walking through the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam during the Black Friday period it reminded me of Istiklal street in Istanbul. Rows of shops and restaurants, crowded, slow pace, bumping into pedestrians – for me an unpleasant experience and the prompt to write this article. Black Friday has roots in the United States dating back to the […]