VOL.01
Between the 19th and 20th century, wine barrels would travel via canal boat from the regions of Burgundy all the way to Paris which were then traded at the riverside cellars of Bercy, destined to grace the tables of thirsty Parisians. Today, there is one little houseboat, known as ‘La Cave Vagabonde‘, still making the [...]
Venice, Italy is probably not the greatest match for someone with a deep phobia for mass tourism. But hey, there was a hotel sale this month on the wonderful VoyagePrive.com [if you're not signed up, hi, welcome to this century, glad you could join us]. So what did I do when I got to Venice? Well, [...]
Spectators watch quietly, listening to the dragging of tango feet on the stone quai. Beautiful Parisian women turn up alone each night with their dancing shoes, waiting to be asked to tango by total strangers. A little old man sits on the edge of the river with his radio playing Argentinian music and guarding the dancers’ [...]
What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take you
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Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
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You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical
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This breathtaking pool of glistening turquoise water under creamy ecclesiastical stone vaulting is
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Far from the gleaming multiplex cinemas most of us are accustomed to, there are places that
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A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater
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I remember when I first saw it, Avenue Junot, the cobblestone road that winds up to Montmartre
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Who will make the better Gatsby? Can DiCaprio pull off a pink suit as well as Robert Redford did in
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In Paris, every first Wednesday of the month at noon, without fail you can hear the eerie wail of
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