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It first caught our eye as simply a cool-looking cafe, as we walked along Rue Haute on our way to Place du Grand Sablon, around brunch time. A big glass front showcased the stylish, stripped-wood furniture inside, the headlight of a pale blue Vespa winked at me invitingly just beyond the door (I’m a sucker for […]
Sep-2014
“Oh you should go to Formby beach, it’s lovely…” says me. Who’s never been. Have you ever recommended somewhere you’ve never actually visited? It’s not something I make a habit of doing, but having heard from a few people that the beach at Formby’s Lifeboat Road in Merseyside is a bit of a beaut, I’ve […]
Between performing some sort of hokey cokey dance on the pavement and genuinely considering using my girlfriend as a human shield, my manliness is becoming under serious threat. But then crossing the road for the first time in Ho Chi Minh does funny things to you. You read about the traffic, the millions of motorbikes […]
In case you hadn’t noticed, being a tourist isn’t ‘cool’ any more. If you believe many travel bloggers/writers/brands/guides (delete as appropriate), if you’re not ‘doing it like a local’ these days, you’re doing it wrong. Well guess what? For most types of travel, if you’re not enjoying it, you’re doing it wrong… and that should […]
Stella Artois. It’s fair to say it’s been responsible for a good few (and bad!) stories over the years that are probably not publishable here. But I’m happy to share my latest fling with the legendary lager. For I’ve just returned from a fun weekend in its home town, Leuven – 30km east of Brussels. […]
Aug-2013
I’ll admit to not really knowing much about Rovinj before we went. In fact, I’d go so far as to say just three short months ago I’d never even heard of the place. The original plan was to go island hopping. We’d spotted cheap flights to Croatia’s Pula and it seemed the ideal starting point […]
Aug-2013
What is it with Croatia and ‘hidden’ bars? And what is it with my insistence on finding them? My last time in Croatia saw me circling the famous walls of Dubrovnik looking for the inconspicuous “Cold Drinks” sign that points the way through to the fantastic Buza Bar. And now I find myself on a bike, […]
One wrong move and I’m a goner. A split-second loss of concentration, an over-exaggerated movement… a sneeze. Oh god, please don’t sneeze. I don’t even feel the need to, yet now I’m worrying about sneezing. My mind’s wandering. Stop. Concentrate. Back to the road ahead. What I can see of it anyway. Or it’s over […]