Best Food Experiences of 2013
Sardines on the beach, the best apple crumble, a wedding reception in Northern Ireland, and hummus in Jordan were among Christine Salins’ top food experiences for 2013.
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Christine’s 2013 Highlights
As we were popping the cork on a bottle of bubbly last night, I was thinking, “Well, where did that year go?” But as I looked back over my travel diary for 2013, it was easy to see why the year slipped away on me …
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The train in Spain is better than the plane
Two weeks of travelling by train in southern Spain and Portugal rekindled my love of train travel. It’s a good few years since I travelled…
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Hard Rain in Portugal
In the same way that African Americans sang the Blues, in Portugal they sing Fado. It’s said that Fado is a musical expression for the people’s soul and a way of coming to terms with their fate.
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Postcard of the Week: Faro, Portugal
The bizarre Capela de Ossos (Chapel of Bones) next to Igreja do Carmo (Carmo church) in Faro, Portugal, is lined with the bones and skulls of Carmelite monks.
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