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‘Jordan…. You’re not going to Jordan, are you? Is it safe?’ A question that is asked all too often of prospective tourists. And a question that, along with the thousands of refugees massed on the border with Syria, is creating havoc in the Jordanian economy. In a country so heavily dependent on tourism, over the …
Please do go to Jordan – it is safe – and amazing…..Read More
Driving through the rolling hills of Le Marche above Ancona is truly like driving through a Renaissance painting – every hill topped with a tiny pink brick village clustered round a fifteenth century church, every hairpin bend opening up some new vista of vineyards and olive trees and newly mown hay fields. We had gone …
Most of the bigger hotels in Liverpool cluster dound the dock area but because neither Cressida nor I are that keen on large modern hotels, we go and stay in the wonderful 1950s Parr Street studios – still very much a working recording studio complex which has one ‘hotel’ floor for the convenience of their …
I was just filing away the Moroccan photos when I came across this, whichI felt I had to share…. The felt man, with a very posh (for Morocco) workshop just outside the walls of Marrakech. He made these lovely South American style bowler hats, pixie boots, some very smart flat bags and embroidered necklaces – …
In the political cauldron of north Africa, Morocco, at least for now, appears to offer a haven of peace and prosperity. Unlike Algeria, where the legacy of French colonialism was truly toxic, in Morocco it seems to have been mainly beneficial – maybe because Morocco was never a true colony but merely a protectorate. Maybe …
You may remember that a couple of months ago I posted about the Fresh Air Fund charity that arranges holidays for inner city New York children from low-income families out in the country with host families. For any US readers of this blog – I have jsut had an update from the Fresh Air Fund …
Fresh Air Fund – helping New York’s inner city childrenRead More
