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Trentino Cuisine - Apple Strudel to Champagne and Apple Risotto
The Italian region of Trentino in the Dolomites has some of the most majestic scenery in the world. This has been recognised by its creation as a UNESCO heritage site. The wide variety of crops that thrive on its mountains and in its valleys support a very traditional cuisine ...
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Trentino Cuisine - Comfort Food, the first of Three Themes
The cuisine of Trentino, a region in Northern Italy, has three themes, comfort food, apples and ham and cheese. In this article I will consider its comfort food and in particular polenta ...
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Lost Luggage - How I Coped and What I Learnt
I was thrilled at the prospect of eight weeks travelling through India – a mixture of work and leisure. After two weeks, when I took my first group of tourists to Delhi airport I changed my routine. Because I was staying in India I did not, as usual, separate my hold luggage and hand luggage…
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Déjà Vu and Delicious Cakes in Westendorf, Austria
Westendorf is memorable for most people because it is such an attractive little village with good skiing and great aprés ski. For me it is also memorable because it is the resort where I learnt to ski and to appreciate the café culture of Austria ...
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The Sound of Stefano
I have always been proud of being British and my heritage than includes the Changing of the Guard, Trooping the Colour and fish and chips but the British Brass Band was never on my list, that is, until I met Stefano ...
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A Guide in Guatemala
Travel is not only about destinations but also about the people you meet while you are there. Here is my story about a guide I met in Guatemala ...
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A South Island Tour on Mauritius
As we were based in the southern part of the island at the fabulous Tamassa Resort it was not far to our first stop – a lake formed in a volcanic crater – a reminder that Mauritius is a volcanic island ...
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Port Louis and Pamplemousses on Mauritius
Mauritius in the Indian Ocean is an entrancing mixture of old and new, lagoons and mountains and Africa and Asian. As we journeyed from our base at the Tamassa Resort in the southern part of the island we had glimpses through the tree-lined road of sandy coves penetrating a rocky coastline.
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Tea and Tortoises on Mauritius
Tea and tortoises may seem a strange combination but odd mixtures are one of the many charms of my favourite exotic beach destination, the island of Mauritius. Whereas I love exotic destinations I do not relish the idea of spending day after day languishing on a beach. I like a variety of…
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San Gimignano – breakfast with the workers, lunch with the tourists and dinner with the locals
When I got up and threw open the heavy wooden shutters I was very surprised to find that my room overlooked the Tuscan countryside surrounding San Gimignano. It was so beautiful ...
