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Forget dinner – why breakfast will make your best travel memories
A steaming, fragrant bowl of pho on the rooftop of a fancy Ho Chi Minh hotel takes me back to my 30th birthday celebrations and a week of eating and meandering. I had wanted to get away and treat myself to a (short) stay in a resort. The first stop was Rex Hotel, which served…
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If you visit one place in Italy for the food, make it Florence
It’s not hard to see why Florence is a fav destination for many. The place is romantic, filled with history and culture, and also serves up some of Italy’s best food. But you can all too easily fall into the trap of overspending on sub-standard fare if you stick to the haunts around the Piazza…
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Living like a local: 4 ways to immerse yourself while on holiday
During a recent trip to Europe, my partner and I played the game of ‘could I live here?’ While the thinking was a pie in the sky, we were asking it while doing things that the locals were doing. Although we saw the sights, paid too much, lined up, and took selfies, we also took…