Recently my boyfriend and I embarked on a 7-month backpacking trip through Europe. The first 3-4 month’s we spent doing work in exchange for accommodation & food (www.workaway.info) which was a great way to bring down the spending costs whilst still being able to stay on the road. After much deliberation we decided that we…
The Champagne house of Charles Mignon is an easy 10-minute walk from the Epernay train station. We were lucky enough to be shown around the facility by the Winemaker himself – Fabian Daviaux. Although the house is on the small side, they actually have another facility on the other side of Epernay, which helps them…
The beauty of visiting Champagne is that it’s literally two steps from Paris. You can take the 40-minute TGV train from Paris Est or like I did the 1 hour 15 minute regional train (since I have a Eurail pass it means I don’t have to pay for a reservation on the regional trains unlike…
In Venice wine bars are simply not just wine bars. To the locals they are known as ‘Bacaro’. Back at home, wine bars are these swanky, overly posh and spacious area’s which I have to admit are full of that traditional pretentiousness that comes with wine drinking. On my recent trip to Venice I came…
It was only by luck that I came across a snippet on an Internet article about the Montefioralle Estate about 2km’s out of Greve in Chianti. I sent off e-mails to various estates, as I knew having only given 2 days notice that many people wouldn’t get back to me. Luckily for me, Lorenzo Sieni…
Everyone knows Tuscan wines, particularly Chianti but when you’re planning on visiting the famed Tuscan wine country – it is not so easy to work out where to go and how to get there. Let alone making reservations to visit wineries. Tuscany is not public transport friendly. As I have a Eurail train pass, I…
There is nothing like a 5km walk to get your taste buds pumping for a wine tasting. Recently I stayed at the Perugia Farmhouse and as part of their ‘activities board’ they mentioned a wine tasting at a local winery just up the road from them for 10€ per person, so I thought why not….
Roma 1. Pizza Tonde Da Asporto Corner of Via D.Fontana & Via M.Boiardo Top tip: Never buy pizza from a ‘Kebab/Pizza’ shop – I know it was stupid to even attempt it, the only good thing was the tomato sauce was made from some nice fresh tomatoes. Absolute rip off however – 2 slices (more…
“All stories begin the same: “Once Upon a time there was’… This is how the narrated menu at Casa Tudor in Brasov, Romania starts. It was a new concept for me, but one I found very entertaining and almost dragged out my dinner meal for a good 3 hours – the first hour solely reading…