As the smaller of the two countries of the Iberian peninsular, Portugal in some respects seems overshadowed by Spain, even if it loses nothing in comp...

I recently spent a few days with my wife in Lisbon, our first visit there. Strictly it’s not paradise, it’s only Portugal, but neverthel...

Bullfighting, hey? Who’d watch it? Actually, quite a lot of people, if they have the opportunity. The photo on the home page shows the Plaza Mé...

I think San Sebastian is one of the most gorgeous cities in the world. Located less than 15 miles from the corner of the Bay of Biscay, the non-Medit...

I love big football tournaments. (No, this should not be a football blog.) Euro 2016 in France will soon be upon us and I can hardly wait for England...

I think the Caribbean is a gorgeous place to go on holiday. Hardly a controversial sentence, I’ll grant you, but there it is. While there recen...

I was in France last week and I was reminded, for the nth time, that coffee there tastes so much better than it does here. I don’t mean that yo...