a charming bakery for high tea and coffee in the middle of Amsterdam is a must visit every time I go there.
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The New York Cafe, Budapest
May 2022 It’s almost unreal to walk into the New York Cafe, mostly because it’s the most unexpected place to find in Budapest. Iron Curtain severity co-mingles uneasily with pre-war splendour, as ornate palaces tower over retro box-car trams trundling across Soviet bridges made of iron. Everywhere the old and the older stand with the…
Hortus botanicus
a day spent soaking in the beauty of the 375 year old Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam
The Dohany Square Synagogue, Budapest
A sombre afternoon spent in Europe’s largest synagogue in Budapest, Hungary.
The Sagrada Familia
At first glance, your senses reel in wonder and delight as your heart races upwards in awe across the many, many delights that the edifice is, and silent tears start to trickle down your awestruck face.
Sunshine and rain in Venezia
Note from Venice: it’s raining and raining although the sun is peeping out just a wee bit. I’m standing under the awning of a local cafe, debating on how to cross the piazza without getting drenched as I can’t wheel my bags and hold a brolly. And out of the blue, this smiling, shiny –…
Mandarina
A visit to Belgrade and the lovely Mandarina chocolate and patiserie has left me in chocolate heaven.
Of Caffe, coffee and cafe
What can be more hedonistic than lounging in a historic Roman cafe sipping an affogato?
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