To be honest, I don’t know a whole lot about English wine other than drips and drabs on some of their sparkling wines that have emerged on the international wine scene over the last few years. My first lesson was not making the mistake of calling it British wine, which is wine made in Britain…
Being a female, I have that tendency to like pushing through the crowds to browse stall after stall at the local markets. Friday it was Camden markets browsing the 50’s pinup girl inspired clothes; Sunday it was the local farmers market to gather ingredients for a Sunday roast and Saturday it was the famous and…
If you have read my “Chianti Classico at its best – Le Cantine di Greve in Chianti” post then you’ll know that I am very turned on by the enomatic machine phenomenon. I mean how can you not love them? You pop in your prepaid card, push the button to the corresponding wine and then…
After spending 6 weeks in the premiere Spanish wine region of the Penedès in Catalonia I can honestly say that I will never look at the Spanish sparkling wine – Cava – the same ever again. My complete outlook on this bursting bubbly has done a 360-degree swirl; from only knowing a certain blacked out…
There is always that conundrum of what can you possibly make with all those bits and pieces in your fridge without having to go out to the supermarket. It sounds so lazy doesn’t it, but I did manage to conquer that conundrum. For a long time now I have been craving a baked potato, not…
As I am currently part of the ‘in between jobs’ categorary I seem to have a lot of free time on my hands. I am trying to look at it from the point of view that is a great time to see and experience London before I am working. Hence why I decided to practice…
I arrived into London a fortnight ago after 7 months of traveling throughout Europe, you could say it was a well deserved break after living and working for 4 years in the sandpit of Dubai. Man oh man can I say it was a refreshing experience arriving into England. It’s nice to be able to…
I have just finished a 7-month backpacking trip around Europe. I guess you could say that I’m now considered as an avid traveler so I believe what I am about to say is completely justified. Lonely Planet guidebooks are unhelpful, useless and are complete dead weight. My ‘Europe on a Shoestring, Big Trips on…
What more could you ask for over the winter season, but a cabin in Finnish Lapland with copious amounts of food, endless laughter from great company and some local booze to wash it all down with. The three most important words in the Finnish culture are; ice-hockey, alcohol and sauna. So naturally being a country…