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Madrid – Tapas Week in La Latina

August 5th, 2014

After ten days in Galicia it was time to head to Madrid, the city I have visited more often than anywhere else in Spain, where my heart is and to me the most Spanish city in the country. What a joy to unpack in our apartment in La Latina go out into the busy streets on a warm Sunday evening and to discover that the area is holding a Pincho Week.
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Seville at Christmas

August 5th, 2014

Christmas in Seville, a new experience for us as although we have spent Xmas in Spain before and know Seville reasonably well we have not been there during the festive period and had no idea what to expect.

Venice Can Be Cheap

June 19th, 2014

Venice, is my partner’s favourite city in the world and we were here for his birthday in February, probably our twelfth visit here and time I thought to correct some of the commonly held myths about the city. The canals do not always smell, the cost of food and drink is not always expensive and of poor quality, and lastly that it is always packed with tourists.
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Istanbul Food Paradise

June 19th, 2014

This was our third visit to Istanbul and this time it had a different focus, the food and wine and in particular trying some of the highly rated “ Modern Turkish” restaurants that I had been reading about.

Amsterdam – The Best Parts

February 12th, 2014

I am a southern European at heart but if I had to live in one northern Europe city then it would be Amsterdam. It has everything that I could possibly want, a wonderful walking city, lovely warm bars, loads of good places to eat, full of great small individual shops, design and style by the bucket load and of course one or two rather good galleries.

Madrid – Tapas Week in La Latina

Seville at Christmas

Venice Can Be Cheap

Istanbul Food Paradise

Amsterdam – The Best Parts

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