The Foody Traveller
One visit to Brazil’s lively city of Salvador was not enough for Anna Hyman and Jackie Marriott, so they returned for a second visit a few months later. A grubby, somewhat dilapidated hotel on the edge of Salvador’s historic district in a run-down street with not particularly welcoming staff was enough to put anybody off. […]
Three intensive days in Ontario were coming to an end for Anna Hyman, but there was one final, special treat to come – spending time with Anna and Michael Olson. It had been a fabulous, all too short trip to Niagara. We had viewed the mighty, awe-inspiring Niagara Falls from both the air and the […]
Many years ago when Anna Hyman was visiting a friend’s family in Ontario they would drive past acres of farm land, with maybe an occasional winery putting in an appearance. Today, as she discovered, it is more likely to be acres of grape vines interspersed with a little farm land. Wine of sorts has been […]
Anna Hyman is still not sure which she preferred the most. The Hornblower Niagara Cruise, up close and personal to those awe-inspiring Falls, or the dramatic Niagara Helicopters flight over them. We were having a short break in Ontario and had flown Air Canada into Toronto’s Pearson International airport and transferred to Niagara-on-the-Lake for a […]
Light flurries of snow in January. Nothing unusual in that, Mike Hampshire decided. But wait a minute, this was an Antiguan beach under blue skies with the Caribbean sun beating down and temperatures of around 28˚C. In fact the snow flurries we were watching turned out to be hundreds of white butterflies flying jerkily across […]
One day two friends were discussing holidays. “I’ve always wanted to go to Brazil” said one. “Me too”, said the other. Plans were made and Jackie Marriott and Anna Hyman headed for Brazil, their first stop Rio de Janeiro. In fact they loved the city so much they returned six months later. We had to […]