by Lillian Zahra | Jul 30, 2017 | London, Travel
You can go anywhere but, for me, nowhere will beat London in July. Or August. Or whenever the temperature heads above 23 degrees and the city shifts from grayscale to full technicolour.I’ve walked and run alongside the Thames so many times – this time a...
by Lillian Zahra | Jul 27, 2017 | Travel
So we’ve established that summer in the UAE is pretty hot. With a “feels like” temperature of 48 degrees you need to find some indoor venues to while away the hottest part of the day in. For me, that’s a cafe, coffee, a book or a stack of...
by Lillian Zahra | Jul 22, 2017 | Travel
Abu Dhabi is Dubai’s sister city – just a ninety minute drive down the Sheikh Zayed Road (on a good day). Abu Dhabi is the capital of the UAE but it’s smaller and on the surface less lavish, the Washington D.C. to Dubai’s NYC. It’s also...
by Lillian Zahra | Jun 21, 2017 | Dubai, Travel
Bab Al Shams means “gateway to the sun” in Arabic. Nestled in the Arabian dessert, the hotel is only an hour’s drive from Dubai city but it feels like another world. As my taxi left the skyscrapers and malls behind, the buildings became smaller until...
by Lillian Zahra | Jan 12, 2017 | Travel
I’ve been visiting Brighton as long as I can remember – my maternal grandparents hailed from the coastal city originally and from childhood visits to elderly aunts to teenage day trips eating donuts on the pier I’ve become pretty familiar with...
by Lillian Zahra | Jan 5, 2017 | Travel
Spending Christmas in Brighton meant that a vegetarian restaurant had to be on the menu. Food For Friends has been serving up a fully vegetarian menu since 1981 and uses seasonal produce from local producers while also catering for vegan and gluten free diets.Brighton...
