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Thursday, 28 April 2011 16:26 |
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 In recent years, Bulgaria is becoming more and more of a popular holiday destination - which is no wonder, because the relatively small country has it all (writes Inka Piegsa-Quischotte). Snow-covered mountains which invite skiing in winter and hiking in summer are amongst its attractions, as well as wide, sandy beaches on the Black Sea coast, green meadows, wineries, miles of fields where roses grow (Bulgaria is one of the world’s most important exporters of the sweet smelling flowers), and fascinating historical sites.
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Friday, 18 February 2011 14:56 |
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 In serene isolation, the lovely Ll?n Peninsula points out into the Irish Sea just west of Snowdonia National Park in North Wales (writes Rebecca Burns). Its Welsh-speaking inhabitants are adamant that their little patch of Wales is blessed with fairer weather than other parts of Britain's west coast, and the gentle sunshine I lapped up there only backs up their story.
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Tuesday, 01 February 2011 18:17 |
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 Twelve rocks lounge on polystyrene plates. I untether then slip their silky flesh, which doesn’t want to yield at first. As I sip their cool saline reservoir like a shot, I hardly notice that my chair perilously tips away from the counter (writes Douglas Blyde). Harvested from nearby Leucate, north of Perpignan, their ripe cucumber scented, iodine freshness mingles well with an almost translucent calcium dry white from Roussillon’s searing vineyards.
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Friday, 28 January 2011 11:43 |
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 On a recent bleak and rain-lashed evening, a crowd gathered in a sodden orchard in Somerset, UK (writes Amy Laughinghouse). It was January the 17th, dubbed “Blue Monday” by psychologists, who have determined that the third Monday of January is the most depressing day of the year. The jaw-dropping Christmas debts have come due, the days are damp, cold and dark, and it’s ages until the first Bank Holiday weekend.
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Photo of the Week
Driftwood on the Isle of Skye
(photo courtesy of Douglas Blyde)
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