MagellanStraitsRSSFeed- Dish of the Day – Londinium’s Grilled rib eye steak 21/03/2014For our first ever “Dish of the Day” we wanted to bring you a classic, so vegetarians look away now. Today we celebrate the humble steak, always a guaranteed crowd pleaser and this grilled rib eye, isn’t just any grilled rib eye, … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Shaken not Stirred – Apple Sour Perlini Mocktail 19/03/2014For this episode of Shaken not Stirred we bring you a refreshing mocktail with slight sour notes all the way from Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers – the Apple Sour Perlini. The mixologists at Fairmont Baku use the Perlini shaker – which carbonates drinks … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Arguably the best piano in the world … 17/03/2014Fazioli pianos have become rightly renowned for the calibre of their sound, their workmanship and their technology. They are rare indeed but Nur Lounge at Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers features one of their special models – the M Liminal, designed … Continue reading →magellanstraits
- Dish of the Day – Londinium’s Grilled rib eye steak 21/03/2014
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Dreaming of The Tarn
When my colleague headed off to The Tarn in Midi-Pyrénées, France, with a media group, I decided to revisit the highlights of my own visit last year. First up, Cordes-sur-Ciel – the medieval bastide that is located so high up, on … Continue reading
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Tagged Albi, Bastide, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Medieval, Midi-Pyrénées, Sidobre, Tarn, Toulouse
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What are you looking at?
I like nothing better than people watching and this family intrigued not only me but EVERYONE who was walking around Cordes-Sur-Ciel in the Tarn Department of Midi-Pyrénées, France, in July 2012. Everyone stopped with them and stood staring too! What … Continue reading
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Tagged Bastide, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn
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On top of the world in Cordes-sur-Ciel
When invited to visit a city in the clouds in the Tarn department of Midi-Pyrénées, it was as if my childhood fantasies were revisited – a medieval stronghold or bastide so high up, on occasion, it is hidden from view among … Continue reading
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Tagged Bastide, Cordes-sur-Ciel, France, Medieval, Middle Ages, Midi-Pyrénées, Tarn, Toulouse
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An Englishman Abroad: Simon Scott
At the time of visiting Le Bistrot Saveur in the town of Castres in Midi-Pyrénées’ Tarn Department this summer, Chef Simon Scott was the only English chef in France to have been awarded a Michelin star (given in 2009) and … Continue reading
Puppet on a string ….
I do love a little eccentricity when I travel and this young fellow just made me laugh. This travelling “Toulouse-Lautrec” – seen at the historic, half timbered Hotel Renaissance, in Castres in the Tarn part of Midi-Pyrénées, is a priceless gem and so … Continue reading
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Tagged Castres, France, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, History, Hotel, Midi-Pyrénées, museum, Tarn, Toulouse-Lautrec, Travel
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Painter by Name, Painter by Nature!
Colin Painter is a British artist who has lived in the Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, for a number of years. I suspect with a name like his, his career choice was made for him at birth! If you are in the area around … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Colin Painter, France, Midi-Pyrénées, Sidobre, Tarn
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Between a rock and a hard place
How can you resist an invitation to view a rock shaped like a hen? So began a visit to the heart of the Regional Natural Park of Haut Languedoc, the largest granite plateau in Europe in Sidobre in the department … Continue reading
An artist’s progress in the Midi-Pyrénées
As a fine artist who is inspired by looking at other artwork, imagine the pleasure I took on a recent visit to The Tarn and Averyon areas of Midi-Pyrénées, France. I was spoilt. I admit it – taken around some of the finest … Continue reading
Five things to do in Albi, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées
Knowledge of an area sometimes does not prepare you for its staggering and unexpected beauty. Thus it was so, for me, with Albi, a medieval town within the Tarn, Midi-Pyrenees. (Flydrive to Toulouse from the UK with easyJet and smooth … Continue reading
