Traveling first class was a true luxury! Windows you could actually see out of and a door that closed! A pitty we were only on the train for 5 hours… We arrived in Jodphur  ( The Blue City) late … Continue reading →

  Having drifted in and out of sleep for 18 hours, I felt as if I’d been put on a long ‘spin’ in some rusty, old washing machine. After our sumptuous breakfast of bread sticks and Swiss chocolate, we rolled … Continue reading →

Having only two weeks to satisfy a life’s dream of going to India,sensible planning was needed – the hardest part was deciding what part of the massive country to see first. After much debate, we decided on Rajasthan as it … Continue reading →

It has been 3 months now that I left my home of four years… Istanbul. I miss it more every day. Its beauty, vitality and faces will somehow always be ingrained in my memory. With the onset of Autumn here … Continue reading →

  From street level, the symmetrical Bauhaus facade gives away nothing of the Mad Men set feel on the inside. The bare concrete walls, the 1950s cast iron swing and the raw urban feel that meets you as you roll … Continue reading →

    Last month The Dish was lucky enough to fly business class on KLM to New York. For someone who hates flying, what a difference a porcelain plate and a real glass of wine make (not to mention the … Continue reading →

It all started in a yellow taxi. Having finally agreed on who, when and how they would take us across the Turkish border into Syria, we were loaded into the back of a taxi with two very kind Syrian Kurdish gentlemen … Continue reading →