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A Peloponnese Road Trip Part III: Mighty Civilisations

This post is Part III in my blog post series on our road trip through the Peloponnese, a peninsula in southern Greece. This part of the road trip covers our departure from Nafplio, visits to two ancient sites, including you may have heard of…

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A Peloponnese Road Trip Part II: Ancient Influencers

This post is Part II in my blog post series on our road trip through the Peloponnese, a peninsula in southern Greece. This part of the road trip covers our start in Nafplio, visits to some ancient sites in the surrounding area, and arrival…

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Hoppers: Sri Lankan Street Food in London

Location: London, England (3 locations) Cuisine: Sri Lankan / South Indian   This review is 99% referring to the Hoppers location in Soho, but I’ve now also been to the King’s Cross location and I’ll discuss that experience a bit further down. Now, onto…

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Exploring the Ebre Lands of Tarragona

In June 2021, we were just coming out of several Covid restrictions in the UK and summer was looking a bit brighter. We took the opportunity to head to Barcelona for two weeks to (i) visit Victor’s parents and (ii) finally leave the UK!…

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The Wonder of Athens Part II: Opening the Archives

This post is Part II of a two-part series on my time spent in Athens, Greece (read Part I here). Part II covers my second day in Athens including lots of gold, sculpture, ruins… and pita wraps! Here we are on day 2 of…

Cuisine London

BRAT: Taking on Basque Smoke & Fire

Location: London, England Cuisine: Basque / British   I’ve been wanting to go to BRAT ever since moving to Northeast London. I mean, it’s not a hidden gem since BRAT has had a Michelin star since October 2018. The cuisine is heavily influenced by…