The Foody Traveller
Jackfruit trees Left to its own devices, in ideal tropical growing conditions, a jackfruit tree can grow to a height of some 24m. It also produces the largest tree fruit in the world, each jackfruit weighing in at an average of five kilos with many of them well over an astonishing 45kilos. Each tree is […]
A river cruise is the perfect way to relax as Anna Hyman discovered. What’s not to like -cruising along beautiful rivers at a gentle pace, mooring at quaint riverside wine towns and villages, and on board ship fabulous food and a great crew. We were standing in the Pfaiz Historical Museum in Speyer gazing somewhat […]
The Capital Hotel in Basil Street, London’s Knightsbridge, just a stone’s throw from Harrods and Harvey Nichols, is a special hotel.
Whilst not liking dense, rich, dark chocolate cakes or desserts I have to confess to really enjoying an after supper chocolate – or two – preferably dark chocolate please. I also have fondness, following a week’s vacation a few years back, for the Baltic state of Lithuania. Magija means magic So, on hearing that there […]
I had expected to get lost; London has changed so much since I last worked in the City – skyscrapers and smart buildings replacing familiar old faces. Close to the Millenium Bridge But I knew Paul’s Walk was south of St Paul’s cathedral on the Thames Path and very close to the Millenium Bridge. Partly […]
‘Grand’ ‘stylish’ ‘luxurious’ ‘elegant’ and ‘comfortable’, are words that epitomise Hotel Bennett; not forgetting the friendly, charming service – where nothing is too much trouble; the warm welcome and the hotel’s fantastic location in downtown Charleston. Hotel Bennett definitely has the ‘wow’ factor. A great location Hotel Bennett is approximately 30 minutes’ drive from South […]