Plaza de Cairasco
A walk down memory lane and a certain afternoon in the Canary Islands.
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19/02/2019
Piato, Ágios Nikólaos
Review
Review of Piato, a wonderful restaurant in Agios Nikolaos (Crete).
07/02/2019
Schadenfreude, hygge and other (un)translatable beasts
“Oh, you’re researching the untranslatable? Like hygge?” was the most common reaction. The second most cited example was “schadenfreude”. Those untranslatable tokens also were very popular with what looked like an infinite series of listicles invariably titled “Ten Untranslatable Words You Should Know” whose argument always seemed to be “Wow, foreigners are weird lol.”
05/11/2018
Looking for Bernini
For the past twelve years, I have been in a beautiful – though challenging – relationship with a brilliant Italian man. We have had our ups and downs, like in…
14/08/2018
Unpacking Knickers
I have just started to unpack ten days’ worth of luggage after a lovely summer trip to Wales (translation: I have opened my bag, spent two minutes wondering if doing the laundry really was what I wanted to do with my day and decided against it), and something struck me: I hadn’t worn a good third of the clothes I had taken with me. I had to face it: I, like many other people, pack too much stuff.
08/08/2018
P&O Ferries Club Lounge
Review
Tried and Tested for you: My detailed review of the P&O Ferries Club Lounge. Cross the Channel in style to and from Dover and Calais. Unsponsored and unbiased.
07/08/2018