Having just spent a week in Cyprus, I am completely spellbound with the whole island. It is full of contrasts - from the cuisine, the landscape with archaeology and ancient churches, to the vibrant bustling and noisy commercial new areas surrounding Paphos. Quite a harsh landscape in the mountainous areas, but beautiful unspoilt beaches too. It was hot, scorcio in fact (can you tell I have GCSE in meteorology!) I was surprised to see … [Read more...]
Cypriot Food
We have been eating our way around Cyprus, thanks to an amazing holiday we have just returned from, in collaboration with James Villas. In this post, I wanted to give you a flavour of what Cyprus has to offer. Cypriot food is so incredibly varied, tasty and fresh. It has many influences, especially the cuisines of Greece and Turkey, but also Byzantine, French, Italian, Catalan, Ottoman and Middle Eastern cuisines. Everywhere you go on the … [Read more...]
A Trip to a Spice Farm in Zanzibar
Last year I went on a trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar thanks to my work with Coca Cola, you can read more about that trip HERE. Today I thought I would share with you our excursion to Zanzibar, especially the spice farm that we visited. As we left the bustling city and port of Dar es Salaam behind, on our two-hour ferry ride, I was excited to see if Zanzibar lived up to all I had read. Zanzibar Ferry Docked Zanzibar is somewhere I'd … [Read more...]