Flicking the Vs

If you're planning a holiday in France , maybe putting together an itinerary that takes you across the south of France , can I recommend Montpellier ? It's a lovely city to spend a few days in - there are enough sights a…

Finding great vegan food in Paris isn't too hard if you know where to look. Finding great vegan food in Paris with gluten-free options can be a bit harder. Luckily, I managed to track down two places in the French capital tha…

Confession time: I don't like fancy restaurants. I always feel too unserious to be sitting in upmarket surroundings.  This wouldn't normally be a problem - it's pretty easy to avoid fancy restaurants, unless you'r…

A few years ago, I gave up flying. I didn't give up travelling though - I've just switched to taking the train everywhere. As a UK resident, that means normally jumping on the Eurostar, and making my way to somewhere inte…

Every year, as the weather turns colder and the nights get longer, Brighton restaurants get cheaper. October in Brighton means Octoberbest and, nope, that's not a spelling error. Octoberbest is when Brighton's self-descr…

Florence is an incredible city. It's beautiful, historic, lively. I spent five days there and wish I spent more. But do you know what I loved most of all? The food. The food was so good . I didn't know there were so many …

Bolzano is a very cool, very beautiful place. I found mention of it in a travel guidebook and headed there on a whim - Germanic vibes meets Italian culture in the Alps? Sign me up.  It's a city for outdoorsy people, of which …

I had the good fortune to find myself in Verona for four days in high summer. I braved the 30C+ temperatures to eat my way around the city. I had heard that Italy wasn't particularly vegan friendly. This must have been told t…