Like many travellers I have an obsession with photographing doors. It started in Mexico many years ago and has stayed with me throughout my travels. The more colorful, faded, and older they are the better. If there’s paint peeling off them, wonderful. If there are wooden shutters somewhere on the facade that match, perfect. Like … Read more about Old doors: wondering what’s behind them
Crete’s cafe life is tidal. It ebbs and flows throughout the day and night. It follows a rhythm, a regularly recurring pattern of activity. But each cafe, in each different town, dances to a beat of its own. By day it’s rhythm is directed by the movement of the sun and the cycles of the … Read more about The ebb and flow of Crete’s cafe society
The most memorable meals don’t have to be Michelin-starred dining experiences, and I like to be reminded of that every now and again when I travel. Having said that, we’ve enjoyed some long leisurely lunches in fine dining restaurants where every dish is so divine it’s inspiring, where every mouthful of food is something to … Read more about Memorable meals
Last month there was so much rain in Dubai (for three whole days) that the city flooded and life in the metropolis ground to a halt. Whoever could have expected such weather in an Arabian Gulf city? When we first moved to the Emirates ten years ago it had been so dry that the imans … Read more about Sleet in Crete and floods in Dubai