The city break… Chicago: Breeze through America’s wonderful Windy City in just 48 hours

Published in The Mail on Sunday on 22nd April 2018

Also published on MailOnline

Chicago is quite the destination for gourmet travellers, and we’re not just talking about deep-dish pizza.

And for those with an interest in architecture, the city on Lake Michigan is a goldmine of innovative design and spectacular skyscrapers.

The Windy City nickname is said come from the hot air bellowed by its boastful politicians in the late 1800s – well, Chicago has a lot to brag about now…

Read more at MailOnline

China with a Portuguese flair: Why it’s time you visited Macao

Published on Metro.co.uk on 17th April 2018

Known as the Vegas of the East, Macao has held the title of the biggest gaming destination of the world for over a decade.

And yet, this tiny special administrative region (SAR) of China, consisting of a peninsula and two islands, has so much more to offer.

For one thing, having been a Portuguese colony for more than four hundred years, its architecture and its food has taken on a distinctively Portuguese flair.

Read more at Metro.co.uk

 

Words – March 2018

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Skiing for beginners: How a long weekend in Andermatt made me fall in love with skiing

Published on Metro.co.uk on 20th March 2018

Before the beginning of this year, I had never skied.

Even going to a snow-covered destination seemed like such a drag given how little sun we get in the UK. And I am forever praying at the sun altar.

Plus, a conversation with a skier and snowboarder – where the experience was described as going ‘shoob, shoob, shoob down the mountain’ – left me thinking skiing sounded really boring and was probably not worth the money.

Read more at Metro.co.uk