City by the Book: Death at the Château Bremont

The final City by the Book from my most recent trip takes us to Aix-en-Provence, a city my travel companion knew well, but that I didn’t know at all. Well, it’s much easier to get to know a city in two days when a) you have a private tour guide and b) you have a […]

Mashed Potatoes Saved my Life: An Alternative Route to Machu Picchu

When my sister and I began planning our trip to South America, we each had one bucket list accomplishment for the continent. Alice's was Copacabana and mine was to do an Inca trail trek to Machu Picchu. Unfortunately, even though we were booking over six months ahead of time, by the time we had organised…