I know, people don't travel to Louisiana to not partake in the famous local cajun and american south cuisine. They have crawfish on every street corner, 'gator on a stick in every market and gumbo and jambalaya are on every menu. However, New Orleans has a lot more than *just* the food to offer, so this list is for anyone who's drawn to the music, the art, the carnival and more; but wants to know there's options out there for some plant-based goodness. Believe me, there are m

I'm sure lots of you have been to Wales as a kid, I know we had some family in Anglesey and I remember a few trips with school, and later camping with friends. I've been so many times, yet never once appreciated Wales quite the way I did this time. We've been working so hard. We wanted a no-hassle sunny break somewhere cheap, just to get away for a week really and unwind. We worked so hard we left it too late, nothing was available that suited us, we couldn't organise somewhe

Another focal point of literature in bohemian Paris that any literary enthusiast must make, is to Shakespeare and Company; one of the most f

Doolin is home to the Cliffs of Moher (pictured below), the gateway to the three Aran Islands, an incredible traditional Irish music scene,

We flew from Manchester Airport on Friday morning, returning back Sunday night so... More of an extended weekend really. We were primarily there to see Arcade Fire on their Everything Now tour at Tanzbrunnen, but you can read more about that in a separate post. For now here's everything we got up to in the beautiful German city of Cologne. We stayed in a lovely hotel called the Hopper St Josef. It was about a half hour walk from the main train station, but we relished how pea

Visiting Keukenhof is a must. I've heard it's better to go in April but it was still incredible in May, even though the fields weren

As if that wasn’t enough for one day, that night we did a nearby glowworm walk too. We walked over bridges, through caves, underground and o

We arrived in the evening and were staying in a beautiful Airbnb apartment just on Southbank, by the Melbourne Arts Centre. The city skyline

My usual Manchester audience may not be familiar with Rhythm and Vines festival, set in the picture-perfect vineyards of the Waiohika Estate

A must-see for Rio is the Jardin Botanico where we saw beautiful plants, toucans, marmosets, butterflies, turtles, monkeys, but much to my d