I love chocolate but I’m not a huge fan of chocolate Easter Eggs: they aren’t usually great chocolate. Then I found these beautiful eggs on display in Glasgow. They are […]
You might not be able to do a full circle on the Circle Line anymore, but there’s still a round theme going on in London transport. There’s the obvious: There’s the iconic: […]
This week in the IPhone Monday Challenge, we get to chose a theme from a short list. I have chosen street photography. I couldn’t resist taking a photo of this […]
In Spain, there are impressive parades on 5 January: the three kings are welcomed to town, wishes are made and then the children leave their shoes out before they go to bed that night in the hope of presents from […]
The Fuji Five Lakes area is situated at the northern base of Mount Fuji. It makes the perfect stopover point from which to climb Mount Fuji. The five lakes (Kawaguchiko, Saiko, Yamanakako, Shojiko and Motosuko) […]
The construction of the current Estadi del FC Barcelona or Camp Nou started in 1954 and it was officially opened in 1954. 50 years later it was decided to issue an international […]
Alicia Giménez-Bartlett may be little known outside Spain, but in her home country and in Latin America, she is one of their best-known and most-loved crime writers. She was born […]
For a bookshop with history and atmosphere head to Hatchards at 187 Piccadilly, next to Fortnum and Mason and opposite the Royal Academy. It was established in 1797 and is […]