Rashmi Narayan is an award-winning travel journalist and a constant learner that turns her curiosity into exploring the world through food and drink. She was born and raised in the beer and tech city of Bangalore, India, and moved to London in her early twenties to challenge herself. With family in India and the USA, she travels between the two countries constantly but also shares an undying love for Europe with a strong passion for history, sustainability, stargazing and train journeys. She is the author of The Independent's guides to the best hotels in Amsterdam. She lives in Camden with an ever-growing collection of non-fiction books, maps, steam train models and whisky.