Travel ‘experts’, whether they are travel writers, guidebook authors, travel bloggers, tour guides, travel agents, hoteliers etc, are also ‘real’ travellers in my mind. Yet publishers and travel sites are frequently pitting the two against each other. Sure, the travel experts sometimes get special treatment and they can rarely shut themselves off from the act … Read more about Travel experts versus ‘real’ travellers
The atmosphere in Damascus is electric now, and the streets of the Old City more alive than we’ve seen them before – and we’ve been regular visitors since 1998. Summer traditionally sees Syrian expats from around the world returning home to spend time with their families while Damascus has long attracted Gulf Arab tourists escaping … Read more about Damascus is Buzzing
As I’m a tad too busy to blog at the moment and have limited internet access (I’ve done a quick trip to Perth for my mother’s birthday and Mother’s Day and to see my sister and her family), why don’t you drop over to my husband Terence’s blog Wide angles, wine and wanderlust and check … Read more about Food reviewing, photographing chefs and reflections on ragu
Technicalities aside (see my previous post on Dubai as ‘salad bowl’ rather than ‘melting pot’) I was pleased to read The Dubai Melting Pot Is In the Kitchen Too in the New York Times. After an abundance of Dubai-bashing in the media recently, it was a relief to see a story by a writer who … Read more about The Dubai Melting Pot is in the Kitchen Too
By Terence Carter*Our third memorable meal turned out to be at Michelin-starred Ristorante Il Pagliaccio. We had wanted to eat here for a while, having heard great things about the chef and glowing recommendations about the inventiveness of the menu of Anthony Genovese. Visiting for lunch, we were the only patrons there, yet we hadn’t … Read more about A Tale of Three Tastings in Rome: Tasting #3 Ristorante Il Pagliaccio