The perfect Sunday afternoon destination. When one thinks of South African wine, one immediately thinks of Stellenbosch… it is not wrong but… Well, what about if I told you that about 30 min from the center of Cape Town, in the neighbourhood of Constantia one can taste one of the best Sauvignon blanc wine of South Africa??? I have been to South Africa many times but unless you travel with a local and I was travelling with a Capetonian… one does not know the true gems. So… Sunday late afternoon and we went for sunset… around 5ish… and I discovered… Read more

A royal venue… maybe too royal for normal mortals… Sunday brunches are my favorite meal of the week. As we went to Amsterdam for the Easter break, it was natural that we would look for a perfect place to have the Easter Sunday meal. This time our choice was the magnificent hotel Sofitel Legend the Grand… http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-2783-sofitel-legend-the-grand-amsterdam/index.shtml The hotel is a legendary property in the heart of city. A historical building which was once a convent in the 15th century, then the royal lodgings to Dutch Admiralty headquarters to the city hall of Amsterdam. Also the hotel was the location… Read more

When I received the invitation to visit Vacheron Constantin’s headquarters, I felt like pinching myself… I have written several times how grateful and lucky I feel with all the opportunities that my work and the blog are bringing to me… So many exquisite people I meet and places I visit… this invitation was just another one of these examples….. A lifetime experience…. Vacheron Constantin Headquarters is situated in the outskirts of Geneva in a region called Plan-les-Ouates… I had never visited the region before and my first impression was that I was not in Switzerland…. As the driver drove past… Read more