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Visiting Abruzzo: sun, snow and food highlights

Visiting Abruzzo: sun, snow and food highlights

Rivisondoli in the morning sun Undiscovered Italy? While our Italian summer holidays are spent in seaside Cilento, our winter breaks (mostly Christmas) are spent in another beautiful and fascinating Italian region, Abruzzo. Situated at the southern end of Central Italy, it touches the Adriatic Sea to the East and is around 1.5 hours’ drive from Napoli and Rome. Allegedly (in ‘Miracle in Castel di Sangro’), the 1996 Frommer’s Guide to Italy described as it as “one of the poorest and least…

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Travel bites: Mallorca, a foodie’s highs and lows

Travel bites: Mallorca, a foodie’s highs and lows

Spain and the islands I confess, I am not a lover of Spanish food whether in Spain or elsewhere. Every time I happen to travel to the country, I return disappointed by loads of things, including the food and I remember the worst lunch I have ever had, which in fact happened in Barcelona, in the famous gourmet spot that is la Boqueria. I still shiver at the memory, for which I have my pro foodie sister to thank for….

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A gourmet tour of South West Cornwall

A gourmet tour of South West Cornwall

Fish Trio at the West Bay It does not happen often that I spend a long holiday in the UK. And in fact, when I booked an 8 night trip in Cornwall, I was somehow filled with dread. Such a long time without changing currency, without paying overseas roaming charges, without flying but yet, still being on holiday? I did not need to worry.  Despite the logistic nightmare of shipping part of the family there by train and getting there…

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Travel bites: Marrakesh & Essaouira weekend

Travel bites: Marrakesh & Essaouira weekend

After a long break, finally something foodie to write about, after a week’s holiday in Morocco which should offer enough ‘food for thought’ for a blog post. Armed with a 4 year old copy of the Lonely Planet guide and my food writer sister’s article, I prepared some gourmet stops along the various routes we had planned for our moroccan adventure. Marrakesh Arriving at lunchtime, we headed straight for the centre and the souk and had a nice kofte sandwich…

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