THE LUXURY TRAVEL
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TRAVELLERS

I have been a words person all my life, buried in books from a young age and proofreading school magazines for fun. I branched out into French and Italian words at university, which took me on a wonderful voyage of discovery to Italy, living in Rome for a year and working and travelling all over Italy for another seven.

Working for ATG Oxford as a Tour Manager on their upmarket walking holidays, I grew to know and love Tuscany, Umbria and Le Marche in minutest detail as I drove along uncharted strade bianche to remote picnic spots, with baskets of delicious local cheeses and hams, bread and focaccia fresh from the bakery filling the minibus with tantalising aromas, to lay out a picnic feast for a group of hungry walkers. Learning about food and wine the best way, by tasting it in a wonderful variety of restaurants from family trattoria to gourmet ristorante and planning four course menus around all the seasonal and regional specialities from wild asparagus in spring to porcini mushrooms and truffles in autumn.

Having children and moving from London to Cape Town turned me into an armchair traveller for a while, but inspired me to turn back to words for work, writing lifestyle articles for magazines and newspapers,content for many different clients worldwide and a personal blog, writing about food, life in South Africa, children and family. Through this I have discovered a wonderful, international community of writers and photographers, sharing words, wisdom, wit and everyday experiences, some specialising in gourmet food, others writing about life, the universe and everything.

Now the children are older real life travel is gradually being resumed and I look forward to discovering the tastes, smells and sounds of many more fascinating places both at home in South Africa and all over our wonderful planet.