Each year, on the third Thursday in November the Beaujolais wine producers release their Beaujolais nouveau. What was once a very local tradition has in recent decades become an international race to bring Beaujolais nouveau to markets around the world. Beaujolais is a small region to the north of Lyon that has been producing wines [...]

Just about everyone has heard about Cannes.  Berlin. Venice.  Even film festivals in Toronto and Sundance make the news from a continent away.  However the Stockholm International Film Festival is pretty low profile, even within Europe.  Last year nearly 200 films were screened at this annual Stockholm event. The line-up for this year’s festival, which [...]

There are numerous hotels in Malcesine at Lake Garda in Italy which get high approval ratings from previous guests, so hopefully it is easy to find some great accommodation. On this list I’ve included hotels that score higher than 85% on guest feedback – in fact most of them are over 90%, meaning that a [...]

Luxembourg City is the capital of one of the smallest countries of Europe – the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with a total population of over half a million.  A number of attractions like the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Grand Ducal Palace, the Bock Casemates, the historical castles and museums offer an opportunity to delve deeper [...]

Bol used to be a small isolated fishing village on the island of Brac in Croatia. Now it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, visited mainly for its many beaches. Given its location – flanked by mountain and sea, the town enjoy a great climate and a picturesque landscape. The [...]

It’s been interesting to watch the weather in Wales this week as the United States and Europe compete in the Ryder Cup.  For those who aren’t interested in golf, the Ryder Cup is an event that’s played every few years between the best golfers in Europe and the United States in a three day event.  [...]

I might be a south London girl, but if I’m honest, I’m a snobby one. I live near Greenwich (nope, not even the posh bit) and I’m rather happy in the nice leafy parts of south London. Not Peckham. I had no idea until last weekend that Peckham Rye had nice leafy parts as well. [...]

During my recent world domination tour of the Highlands, I saw more castles than I’d care to count.  Castles on mountains, castles on cliffs, castles in films, ruined castles, remodelled castles, hotel castles, castles castles castles!  It was enough to make one go mad. But after all that castleization, there was really only one that [...]