I spent far too little time in this incredibly relaxed and varied city, filled with faerytales, dripping with style, and packed to the brim with delicious food! Nevertheless I'll try to give you a round up of what I felt were the top 10 things to see and do: 1. Torvehallerne Food Market Copenhagen is an expensive ...
Dark Angels at Copenhagen Rundetårn
29 August – 27 September 2015 at Copenhagen Rundetårn Though I'm not personally a fashionista (I would happily spend the rest of my life alternating between a summery white cotton dress or jodphurs & cowboy boots) this exhibition would stun anyone. This is the first showing of one of Denmark's most famous designers - Roy Krejberg - in Denmark (he was previously ...
Campillo de Ranas: A Black Slate Village Nestled in the Spanish Mountains
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows... If you drive North out of the elegant streets of Madrid, past the golden fields and gnarled olive trees until you reach the winding mountains roads, make sure to wind down your windows so you can smell the scent of the sweet, wild thyme drying under the ...
La Queimada – a Cauldron of Burning Blue Flames
Spain is a land of contrasts and surprises. I grew up in the scorched yellow plains of the central meseta, where only Holme Oaks and gnarled old olive trees grow under the relentless sun. Far away in the North Western corner lies Spain's secret garden - Galicia. The craggy rocks of the Atlantic shoreline are flecked ...
Whitehaven Beach – Where Mermaids Dwell on Icing Sugar Shores
Like many other children, growing up I dreamt that I was a magical being living hidden in the human world, and that one day someone would come and reveal my magical side to me. Sometimes I was one of the fae folk, my wings invisible. I longed so ardently to able to fly that at night, ...
Pogradec: Crossing the Border of Albania
While lazing away summer days on the Macedonian side of Lake Ohrid, it's hard not to gaze out across the vast azure waters of the lake and not wonder what lies beyond. So, we decided to combine our day trip to Trpejca and Sveti Naum at the south of the lake with a wander around Pogradec - ...
God’s Own Junkyard: The Place Where Neon Never Dies
Def. Junk: Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value. Def. Junkyard: A place where junk is stored or collected for sale. Only God could have a junkyard so entrancing and mesmerising as this little warehouse in Walthamstow, tucked between the unassuming suburban streets of North London. While God may have discarded these signs and ...
My Favourite Macedonian Dishes
Macedonia is a beautiful and wild sun drenched country, filled with history and rich with culture and all of those elements are expressed in the food - a mix of different influences and a splash of deliciously ripe flavours. I thought I'd show you some of my favourite dishes in Macedonian cuisine, starting with breakfast ...
Sveti Jovan – The Church of St John at Kaneo
If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise. The ancient trees embraced us, folding us into their wild, enchanted midst. Deep green needles and soft brown bark against a pure blue sky. The air smelled of summer haze and pine trees - one of those whimsical scents that you always ...
Appleby Horse Fair
The sleepy town of Appleby in Cumbria is set in a picturesque vale under an expanse of clean blue sky. Among the green rolling fields of the Yorkshire Dales with naught but a stream and a steam train occasionally chugging through. But once a year, in the first week of June, the heartbeat of this ...