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It was while I was climbing a steep path up to the Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence in June that it occurred to me that I seem to make a habit of visiting cities where a long steep climb is required to get to an amazing view; a challenge I can’t resist. I have friends who […]
Read MoreI’m a part-time adventurer when I travel in the sense that I like to go back to familiar, favourite places again and again rather than new all the time. My current ‘again and again’ place is probably Turin, where I went in March for the third time in as many years and can’t wait to […]
Read MoreI loved Rick Stein’s TV series earlier in the year, Rick Stein’s Long Weekends (click here for review), so was delighted to see a book accompanying the series has just been published, and of course I had to buy it. There are many things I love about this series but I suppose above all it […]
Read MoreOver the last decade I’ve turned making short trips into a mini art form in my life: I rarely go away for more than a week and I love hopping on a plane and heading off for a 3- or 4-night break to some vibrant city – often somewhere I know well and like to return to […]
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