Twenty years ago, on the actual 9/11, I was in Stockholm flying back to London via SAS after a long city break. Funnily enough, I had delayed it by one week, because accommodation during the previous weekend was scarce; I found out later that there was a big medical conference in town, so there was […]
Hungarian Horsemanship Show
A cruise is not a cruise without excursions. My Budapest–to–Bucharest trip (detailed in National Geographic Traveller) offered at least one per stop and this was the one I was looking forward to the most: a display of horsemanship in the Bakod Puszta Hungarian Horse Farm near Kalocsa. A cor anglais seems to be playing all the […]
Meal at the Michelin-starred Aux Terrasses in Tournus
The Aux Terrasses in Tournus is the best-value as well as least fussy Michelin-starred hotel/restaurant I’ve stayed in. A young couple, Amandine and chef Jean-Michel Carrette, run the establishment. Jean-Michel’s parents moved into what was a motor inn in 1979 when he was two years old. Jean-Michel’s parents obtained a Michelin star in 1999 but […]