I found Palermo to be a somewhat challenging city. It’s blessed with beautiful old buildings, full of interesting architectural details. But they’re crumbling, many beyond the point of repair. I guess you could call it a development opportunity but I found it incredibly sad. The city seemed to be completely neglected, not just in the…
Our Italian adventure continued by overnight train from Rome to Sicily. Mr D was very excited. We were going the whole way by train because the carriages were going to be loaded onto the ferry from mainland Italy to the island of Sicily. As a veteran of both the Russian Trans-Siberian “Express” and a return…
The 2011 Allergy & Gluten Free Show was held at London’s Olympia from 6 – 8 May. This was the first gluten free show I have attended and I was amazed by the sheer numbers of people there, especially small kids. If I were an exhibitor at this event I would have been delighted to…
After a morning spent wandering the Vatican museums and Sistene Chapel, I was ready for lunch. And that lunch would have to continue my search for Rome’s best gluten free pizza. My number one tip for Rome is to buy your tickets for the Vatican museums and Sistene Chapel in advance. You can buy them…
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2019: NB CAFE ROUGE AT GATWICK AIRPORT HAS CLOSED. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE MANY RESTAURANTS OFFERING A GLUTEN FREE MENU ALL OVER THE UK. We flew to Rome from Gatwick’s North Terminal and since I knew there would not be any meal for me onboard our British Airways flight to Rome we decided to have…