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One more piece of innovative Bilbao starchitecture to go, and it really is the last. Because it’s the main airport terminal, designed by Santiago Calatrava and built in 2000. The locals call it La Paloma (the dove) because of its swooping shape. You don’t really get that from inside but the departure lounge has a…
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The weekdays in San Sebastian are indeed quieter than the weekends, the daytrippers having left town or gone back to work in the great working city beyond the beaches. Instead of constantly dodging other pedestrians, a promenade under the benign, warm October sun is now a more relaxing stroll with the prospect of, say, a…
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As the hours drifted by, I realised just how stunning San Sebastián is. You could spend days, long, bright, fragrant Spanish days, wandering along the shoreline, snaking around the dramatic headlands, looking out to sea or inland to the dramatic mountains framing the fine, Belle Epoque architecture of the beachfront, or maybe you’d prefer promenading…
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Walking the atmospheric cobbled alleyways of old Bordeaux on a sunny morning, the early-autumnal southern European sun gleaming across the ornate stony frontages of the age-worn buildings, the hustle of the maitres d’ putting out the tables at the cafes and brasseries, it all feels like nothing less than la belle France at its most…
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It was time to say au revoir to Dieppe. Two nights there was probably enough, though I would not have said non to a couple more days of idle, picturesque wandering or lazying on the shore, if the weather had been up to it. Pro tip. If you’re here in midweek in June it’s very…
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The last time I was in Brighton was in the summer of 2021. COVID restrictions were easing as vaccine coverage steadily improved across the nation, but the virus was still prevalent enough to make foreign travel pretty tricky. I had intended to therefore take a short break in York, and was all set to leave…
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You may have noticed that the menu is broken. It’s a continual problem I have with the settings on this site, in fact I’d thought I’d fixed it but looks like it only made things worse. I’m going to see what I can do about it, but in the meantime if you want to check…
