last friday night after work my sister and i hopped aboard the last idbus from london to paris, and arrived at gare de paris bercy just moments before the sun rose above the horizon to usher in the weekend. i'm no stranger to the french capital - indeed this was my third trip this year - but every time i ...
make my switzerland
remember how i was in basel last weekend? well, i was there road testing a new tourism app, which officially launches today! the new free app, make my switzerland, is available on both iphone and android, and is perfect to help plan your swiss city break. as the blurb says; "whatever swiss city you’re visiting, whatever mood you’re in, ‘make ...
carefully kraffted
i stayed in what i can only describe as the *nicest hotel room ever* when i was in basel this past weekend. hotel krafft is my kind of contemporary design hotel; where everything is stylish yet highly functional and nothing feels like it is trying too hard. located directly on the rhine, the hotel ascribes to the "quality, authenticity, simplicity" ...
comfort, within reach
i was in norway last week with ekornes, scandinavia's leading furniture manufacturer. haven’t heard of them? well i have to confess, i was only vaguely aware of them before i was invited on the trip but you don’t turn down the opportunity to fly (by private jet!) to such a beautiful country and be given an exclusive introduction to a ...
towering island peaks, above the icy deeps
| 01. lacoste | 02. american tourister | 03. samsung | 04. neutrogena | 05. muji | 06. bikini fling | 07. voss | i'm back from my merry little jaunt to norway with a stack of photographs to edit and, surprisingly, a touch of sunburn to nurse! i could not have asked for better weather for my first-ever norwegian ...
mama knows best
"an affordable philippe starck-designed hotel in paris?" you scoff. well, yes, actually. truth be told mama shelter is a little way out of the centre of paris but don't let that stop you; i was able to walk from le marais to it's 20th arrondissement location in just over 30 minutes, taking a route through a few pleasant suburban areas of ...