ALL SAINTS’ DAY IN MADRID Today happens to be All Saints’ Day and here in Madrid, as in the rest of this profoundly religious country, people spent the day honouring their deceased relatives. On this day Spanish people buy flowers and gather in the cemeteries to regale their […]
HOLY TOLEDO! Toledo is just 70km South of Madrid and makes for an easy day trip – as we found out today. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is packed with monuments, museums, and historical sites to visit. Toledo’s wealth of cultural monuments harks back […]
CHARMED BY PORTO Porto is built on the steep northern bank of the River Douro and radiates out West to the Atlantic and East into the Douro Valley. Most of the historical sites however, are clustered around the old riverside district of Ribeira and the central Baixa area. So […]
OUR FAVOURITE MUSEUM IN THE WORLD Continuing our explorations around Paris we decided to focus on the geographical heart of the city today – around the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th arrindossments. Here, where the Medieval city of Paris was born, lie some of city’s most historical sights. […]
WHERE THE RHONE MEETS THE SAONE STANDS LOVELY LYON Lyon straddles the confluence of 2 of Europe’s biggest rivers (the Rhône and the Saône), and is known as a gastronomic capital of France. It is also the birthplace of cinema*, home to some of France’s best preserved Roman […]
Wandering Soles 