How is it possible that a form of pottery and its design from up to 7000 years ago can be recreated in the 21st century and seem modern? This Romanian Cucuteni-Trypillia-style dish was made in Cucuteni in 2018 to pottery-making methods and design dating back to somewhere between 5200 BC and 2750 BC. Cucuteni is […]
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To my unrefined nose it’s a load of romantic nonsense when people enthuse about the air of their holiday destination being scented with blah, blah or blah. I can appreciate the odd waft of flowers, baking, wet soil, etc, but not with every step taken inside and out. Oman, however, is the exception where my
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If I were to play word association linking Sicily with souvenirs, the immediate follow-on would be “heads”. Glazed ceramic heads of a (Moorish) man and a (Sicilian) woman are as everywhere as everywhere means when you’re exaggerating an otherwise valid generalisation. Unsurprisingly, there is a story behind the heads and, equally unsurprisingly, there are variations
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Breadcrumb-coated balls of rice stuffed with ragu or ham and cheese, fried and presented as perfect balls of crispy, ricey, squidgy deliciousness; if you like all those ingredients, what’s not to love? I had orange and basil risotto leftovers, ragu leftovers, tasty fresh ham and mozzarella and the night before’s bread made into breadcrumbs. It
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(This post is really all about the tile photos. But as virtually all of my photos did not survive the transfer from my old website to this new one, it is currently (September 2019) without photos) “Mallorca” is a bit of stretch as these tile photos only cover Can Prunera Museum, Soller, and a random
I like Majorca, particularly as its being an island means beaches are in abundance. My friend and I, September 2017, visited beaches around the southwest-west side of Majorca. However, while noting that none of these beaches are amongst the consistently nominated “best beaches” of Majorca, none of them for me tick the majority of what
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