Back in Tbilisi
It is now late on Saturday evening, August 28th, and we have just returned after spending three days in Svaneti, a remote and rather interesting region of Georgia. Needless to say, I had no access to an internet connection, …
It is now late on Saturday evening, August 28th, and we have just returned after spending three days in Svaneti, a remote and rather interesting region of Georgia. Needless to say, I had no access to an internet connection, …
It comprises of good solid East German stock of a mid 1960s vintage; good in its day, no doubt, even attractive in its Prussian way, but today it …
It is a city of great contrast. Battered old Ladas jostling in traffic alongside shiny new BMWs; gorgeous, statuesque buildings stand …
I could, of course, ask the same question as yesterday, but I won’t.
It was a distinctly odd day. Waking up in Quba in the north of the country, I was still full …
Qinaliq, Azerbaijan
Not much, probably, but that is a shame. Xinaliq is actually a most remarkable town in a most remarkable country.
I am back in Azerbaijan, …
It lies perched high in the Pyrenees, accessible from either France or Spain by a single road that runs through the country, and for much of the year, one needs …
The Languedoc and the fabulous Pyrenees have a vast and exciting water system. I am not, I hasten to add, talking about domestic plumbing here, although that does …
There is something a bit odd about rain and the beach. Not that there is any sand at Collioure, a gorgeous little town on the Mediterranean coast just to the south of Perpignan, like most of France’s coastline, the …
Well, it is pretty well impossible to describe the local wine festival, but I shall give it a try.
Firstly, some history. The Sieur d’Arques winery in Limoux has been making a lot of wine for a very, very long …