Tea Time Fun For Families At Fortnum's

Enticing window displays. Huge flowers and animals to entertain children. Look closely and you will see a gold topped Champagne bottle in the lower middle.

 Upstairs in Fortnum & Mason food store in Jermyn Street, London.

I had a freshly squeezed orange juice. Hard to find in London. But everywhere in Singapore.

Teeny ice cream cone came with the double espresso. 

A informative placemat for adults, with a reverse for kids to colour.

Useful Website on Fortnum's

fortnumandmason.com

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Save the ocean - wines under water

 

Excel Exhibition Centre - the excellent best and worst for travel and toilets

 Excel this year I was at The Real Italian Wine And Food Experience. The absolute best was the juxtaposition of the entrance on the ground floor and the toilets also on the ground floor opposite.

This end of the gigantic venue, larger than some airports, is best. You still have a five minute dog leg or L shape walk to Prince Regent station. The semi circular 4 star hotel has a spa and gym, delegates who stayed their told me. The hotel is conveniently right outside.

Left, the multi coloured hotel.

Behind it is a large car park.

Advantages of Prince Regent Station DLR

Although one DLR stop further from central London, best for events at the end furthest from the Custom House station end. 

The station has a convenient lift behind the long staircase.

Advantages Of Custom House Station DLR

This alternative Custom House station is at the big entrance which is for larger events occupying the entire building or shows at this end. The walkway above from the station passes a wall of green plants on your left. On the right you pass restaurants and a coffee shop.

Toilets on Two Levels

Inside Excel the first toilets you reach are down stairs. Not ideal if you are carrying goods to or from the show. Good if you want to get some exercise. If you can wait, you can use the ground floor toilet at the Prince Regent station exit at the other end. 

The hall is the size of a major airport. I wish they would instal a travelator!

DLR stands for Docklands Light Railway. 

TFL Transport For London.

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Organic wines from Sardinia

 

The business has a restaurant, a farm, cheeses, cookery classes, and b and b at the farm.

The owner's nice niece, Elena, told me.

 

Seaide sandy Soil Vineyard in Sardinia

 Sand is great for fighting the vine destroying the phyloxera insect  which killed vines a century ago. In the last decade olives had a threat.

The sand requires a vine with strong roots. The Sardinian vines here also benefit from the savoury, not salty but savory aroma. Sea air in a glass.

You can go for tastings buying one glass or a flight.

The sun and sea make this special.

The nw airport is Alghero. That area speaks 

The town of Bardesi has the long beaches.

Wine from Sardinia Pareda zone and wine name

 

Vino Rosato, 

(pink) or rosé wine, from 

 Meana Sardo is the name of the village. Three grape varieties.

You can order feom their website as little as one bottle to test it out but the postage is more economical spread over a case of 6 bottes or more.

They are small but can organize tastings for groups on request.

People fly into the  Cagliari airport in the south.

A meandering road,

 Off the beaten track.

The owner is Filippo Podda.

I met him in London, at Excel.

He speaks some English and his leaflets are in both Italian or English. 

Sardinian food is fabulous and zI hope to go there in a year or two. My husband Trevor has written a book on island wines, called Isle Drink

Learn Italian on Duolingo

I have been brushing up my Italian on Duolingo, which has improved a lot recently with listening and speaking exercises.

Useful Websites on Italy and Sardinian Wines

Www.cantinameana.it

In the middle of Sardinia. Nothing major to see here but it is the mid point between 

Tizzy with Tiziano traditional method