Why Santorini?
I've visited many beautiful places, but Santorini stayed with me long after I came home.
It was the sunsets. The dramatic cliffs. Watching fishing boats return at dusk. Discovering tiny cafés hidden behind whitewashed walls. Listening to locals share stories over wine and olives.
It was all of it.
There's this fascinating contrast between the energy of the crowds and the quiet luxury tucked away behind stone walls. One minute you're weaving through bustling laneways, the next you're looking out across the caldera from a villa so beautiful it almost doesn't seem real. I certainly wasn't staying in one of them, but I couldn't stop imagining the stories they might hold.
That's where DEAD CALM began.
The island is real.
The villages are real.
The atmosphere is exactly as I experienced it.
The mystery, thankfully, is fiction.
Explore the Places That Inspired DEAD CALM
The Next Destination
The journey is only just beginning.
DEAD CALM may begin in Santorini, but Pippa's notebook is far from full.
Soon we'll be wandering the ancient streets of Dubrovnik, discovering hidden corners of Sardinia, lingering over long lunches in Tuscany, and uncovering stories waiting quietly in some of Europe's most beautiful places.
Every destination is real.
Every journey is inspired by places I've explored.
The mystery, however, is always fiction.
The Journal
Stories worth bringing home.
Travel beyond the pages through The Journal - my occasional collection of travel notes, behind-the-scenes stories, favourite discoveries and early glimpses of the next destination.
Beautiful places.
Hidden stories.
Occasional notes from the road.
