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London is one of the worlds great capital cities. We had the good fortune of living there for a number of years and while there managed to sample all London has to offer. In reality most visitors get just a few days to explore some of the delights on offer. If museums, history an architecture are […]
Costa Brava is part of Catalonia and stretches from the French border down to Blanes, its most southern resort where the Costa Brava becomes part of the sprawl of the Barcelones comarca. If you think of the Costa Brava the first thing that usually springs to mind is the popular package tour resorts of Lloret […]
The good news is this post will not be as long as the Tolkien novel, but is sprinkled with a little mysticism and an unexpected treat. One of the great things about travelling long term is that when strange opportunities arise you are almost always in a position to say yes. This happened to us […]
We are lucky to have friends who live in the Languedoc and they were kind enough to look after us for a while at the end of June. We know the area well as we owned our own villa in the region for many years before we set off travelling long term. While here we […]
I’m La Carmina, and my world revolves around travel and subcultures. You might have seen me as a guest host on Bizarre Foods (Travel Channel), World’s Weirdest Restaurants (Food Network) and other TV programs, including The Doctors and The Today Show. I’m the author of 3 books on Japanese pop culture and food – for […]