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Pizza and cider night | The Stable

I have never been to The Stable before and the only excuse I had was my lack of time to catch up with all restaurants that pop up in town every week. However, I always loved the idea of having a place where pizza is the main attraction of the house.

So, I didn`t think twice when I was kindly invited by Delicious PR to join some other amazing Brum Bloggersto enjoy a night of Pizza and Cider…

Out & About: Train journey from Curitiba to Morretes, Brazil.

A railway with 125 years of history linking the coast of Curitiba in Paraná (state) to the Serra do Mar. That is one of the most interesting train journeys I ever had. The trip that connects Curitiba to the beautiful city of Morretes is also one of the most popular destinations for tourists visiting Paraná annually.

It’s actually the second most popular tourist destination in that state. The…

Subscription box services: the world through your letter box

I don’t know about you, but I’m nearly joining the “units of time” club to keep track of my daily tasks. Exactly how Nick Hornby’s characters in his novel About a Boy does. The only difference between Will Freeman and I is the fact that I actually have a job.

And I wish I had some extra “units of time” in which I could fit everything that I’d like to do, see and/or buy.

We tend to believe the…

Waterways #1: Port of Tyne, England.

Port of Tyne recently invested £6m in a new container gantry crane

If you heard the famous phrase “carrying coals to Newcastle”, it can be associated with the history of the Port of Tyne.The city of Newcastle always had an important significance to the development of the country.

“After Bristol and London, it was considered the fairest and richest town in England”in 1635, maintaining its…

Waterways #2: Port of Felixstowe, England.

Also known as “The Port of Britain”, Felixstowe port is the busiest and biggest one in the country. It’s also the largest port in Europe.

Located in Suffolk, it’s also the busiest container port in the country, dealing with over 40% of British’s containerised trade.

The port is operated by Hutchison Ports UK  (HPUK), the largest foreign investor to Britain.

Felixstowe handles more than…

Time to Clean up your home – Spider Season is Here!

The British autumn, a godsend amongst the country’s poets, can also be a living nightmare for arachnophobes. The reason – that’s when spiders set out to search for their soulmates. And, usually, these romantic meetings tend to happen in the cosy environment of a human home.

So, what can you realistically do against the mounting hordes of spiders as the streets get covered in withering leaves?…

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  The major gateway to London and the South East

The Port of Tilburyis London’s major port, providing fast, modern distribution services for the benefit of the south east of England and beyond. A dynamic and diverse port handling the full range of cargoes with specialist expertise in the handling of paper and forest products, containers & Ro Ro, grain and bulk commodities and construction and…

  The first time I heard of The School of Life was when I was following one of my favourite writers,  Alain de Botton, on social media. Then, I found out their website and to my surprise, there was a physical address too, in central London. Wow!

But don’t think it’s just another little corner bookshop in London town. Behind this entrance there are some great ideas indeed. And the concept of a…

Things to do in Polperro – Cornwall

Visiting the idyllic village of Polperro is like stepping back to the history of Cornwall itself. The narrow streets of this ancient fishing village reveal constructions almost untouched by the time. Cornwall conserves its history as a smuggling port dated back to the 12th century. “From Cornwall, illegal contraband would go overland to large cities to be sold without the taxman finding out.” –…

  Despite the horrible weather, I’ve been to the Birmingham airport area  to practice a bit of aircraft spotting (ish). In fact, it was just a little taste of what can be landing or taking off at Birmingham in a very windy day. It’s known some  footages of those turbulent landings and taking off are frequently on the news for this particular reason.

It was a very cold and rainy Sunday but we…

  Despite the horrible weather, I’ve been to the Birmingham airport area  to practice a bit of aircraft spotting (ish). In fact, it was just a little taste of what can be landing or taking off at Birmingham in a very windy day. It’s known some  footages of those turbulent landings and taking off are frequently on the news for this particular reason.

It was a very cold and rainy Sunday but we…

I had decided to go North this year, instead of heading to Cornwall to celebrate my birthday week.  Just for a change. It was actually to avoid the school holiday traffic that we didn’t chose the south this time. I have never been to Northumberland before, but we knew it could find a perfect and relaxing escape from the city spot. Our accommodation was a little Bothy in Longframlington, a hamlet…

Dinner & gin cocktails at The Distillery

I confess I have lost the track of how many bars and restaurants had opened in Birmingham lately. And this is a positive thing, I guess. We’re constantly surprised by amazing options to go out for a casual drink or two. You go Brum!

That was the case when I visited The Distilleryfor the first-time a couple of weeks ago. The pub, bar and micro-distillery is placed in a gorgeous red brick-building…

My 7 essential tech-gadgets when travelling

I remember the time when one of the main concerns of planning a travel was not forgetting to take a document of some kind (passport, id, etc.) and cash. When I visited Europe for the first time, in 1998, there was no mobile phone. My memories of communication with my family always bring me back to the phone calls made in the famous red booth. A novelty!

Photos were taken by old-school/vintage…

Caravan at Gwynedd, Wales

I don’t have a caravan or intention of having one in the future. But staying in a caravan for a couple of nights, in a farm in Gwynedd, was a memorable experience to say the least.

We have chosen this isolated spot because if you are going to spend some days in an accommodation like this, it’s better to be surrounded by plenty of outdoor space. And no people. Sorry, I still don’t do caravan…

Meet the Business #16: NimNiK

One of the unique ways of building some trust in a business is knowing that they can be also proper consumers of their own products. NimNik is a family run business founded in 2015 by a husband and a wife that had the idea of selling high quality babies (and children) products.

As parents, they spent a lot of money on kid’s toys and accessories themselves. So, why sharing this expertise to other…

Visiting Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset

Travelling is not just about sharing what you see behind the lenses of your camera or smartphone. It’s about getting into the culture of a people and the history of a country and their people, for example.

Learning something new on a trip journey and sharing what you believe many should appreciate about it is essential part of the whole experience. At least for me. This way, I have looked with a…