Turin

After a brief (in relative terms) trip to Sicily, just in time for the Vendemmia (the somewhat traditional picking and barefoot pounding of the grapes) my big brain partner who has a PhD and I stopped in Turin on our way back to London.I had spent a weekend there at the beginning of the...

Bulgaria

I was recently invited to a wedding, a “destination wedding” as cool kids call them nowadays. Some friends from university were getting married and the bride’s family is from Bulgaria (a bit of a hint as to where the wedding happened!). They very kindly offered to take the wedding party around Bulgaria for a...