I had no plans, honest to God, to shop in Venice. But lord are the Venetian women well dressed and I came away with a bank balance to be ashamed of, yet full of pride in my upgraded sense of style. Here are the golden nuggets I found. Mori & Bozzi: It was love at …
Twice the beauty. Veneto, Venezia, Venice, affords you twice the beauty thanks to its canals brimming with turtle green lagoon waters which mirror the city in real time. Everywhere you go the vibrant buildings reach down below the surface and somersault into the water. Venice is seductive, and was a fitting breeding ground for hedonism. …
Venice will always remind me of those tiny, heavenly morsels known as Cicchetti (Chi – keh – tee). Much like the Spanish Montaditos, these are small bits of bread topped with anything from the more mundane mozzarella and tomatoes, to the more exotic like truffles and pepperoncino jam. But that is not all, Venice offers …
I’ve long had an obsession with light, and Malta’s was a particularly warm one, accentuated no doubt by the scores of beautiful honey coloured limestone buildings, which draw you in and bathe you in this warmth. We rode on the bus into town from the airport, domes of churches in the distance made themselves known, …
Hola. you’ll find yourself saying that a lot- this two syllable greeting devoid of pretence, and possessing the magical power of establishing instant ease between strangers. A local’s assumption that you can speak their tongue gives you the confidence to try, forming a virtuous cycle of communication. This makes Barcelona especially alluring, in addition to …