Few places can compete with Mauritius when it comes to exotic sounding French names (from an English language perspective). In the north there is…
Just over a year ago I returned from Ireland. For me this is so recent that I could just as well still be there,…
From a bleak Pskov city we were transported by bus into the rural Russian countryside. On the way, we were asked not to consume…
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It’s a wind-blown Saturday afternoon in Belfast in the north of Ireland. A new restaurant called Ratz, with an international theme has opened on…