There’s a 3 day pizza festival in Italy and it’s even better than it sounds

Published on Metro.co.uk on 19th June 2018

I’m not going to lie – when I heard that there was a three-day pizza festival in Italy, where the whole town would effectively be transformed into an open kitchen, I (cue cliche) thought I had died and gone to heaven.

I mean, how can you beat the simplicity of a margherita?

The way the mozarella pulls apart with wild abandon to reveal the intensity of the tomato sauce.

Read more at Metro.co.uk

 

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

 

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