There seems to be something mentally blocking me from sleeping the night before a flight. I tried, but it wasn’t working. Instead I was awake through until it was time for a shower before the hotel restaurant opened for breakfast. If you turn up when they open they’re a bit short on food. Half the […]
Author: Stuart
Berliners with brollies
Rain! Proper rain! We haven’t had that in the UK for weeks, so it’s kind of nice to get some even on holiday. Sat under the glass restaurant roof, having breakfast, laughing quietly to myself at the ice buckets strategically deployed to catch leaks through the roof. Oops. My plans for the day were delayed […]
Total Twits Throw Tourist Tender To Triumphant Tour Touts Then Take Terrible Trabant Trips
Today’s update starts with a personal message: Hello, staff of the hotel I’m staying in. They must be reading: it’s the only explanation for the changes since yesterday. A blackboard in the restaurant now advertises a range of breakfast options from €7-12, the chef has learned how to make scrambled egg and the coffee machine […]
Berlin by Bus
Took a peek this morning at that €24 breakfast. Sure, if you like 17 cheeses, a range of sliced meats, four varieties of croissant and brownies for breakfast. Sadly the bacon was horrific (more fat than bacon, marinaded in its own grease, left on the side long enough to cool and congeal), their scrambled egg […]
Back to Berlin
Ah, the joys of a 4am start to the airport. It’s close enough to taxi but at £43 the parking works out cheaper than the return trip. No checked luggage means no aerosols or shampoo for the week. Which is a silly constraint, and that’s why I forgot to omit these items from my carry-on. […]
Trentham Monkey Forest – Photographs
Over 40 photographs (which averages a ‘keeper’ a minute) from Trentham Monkey Forest. Click on this link for the full gallery. They’re not all photographs of monkeys. But.. mostly.
Skip Rutland
This is England. I’ve seen many countries, and it’s nice to remember just how awesome this one is. England’s smallest historic county is also mostly under water. This makes it attractive to people that like water sports and the lack of urban centres means that the county is mostly farmland or touristy. I pass through […]
They’re not apes
After yesterday was announced the “hottest day of the year so far” spotting that today was going to be a beautiful day, not a cloud in sight, it made sense to get into the car and go for a drive. It’s a terrible day to own an open top car. If I put the top […]
The sound
The word castle evokes tall thick stone walls, crenellations, ideally a moat, a portcullis and murder holes. So I was naughty when I sprung a mystery castle on friends for a day out. Where I actually took them is Belvoir Castle. For five hundred years the site did have a proper medieval fortification, although it […]
War Tour – The Photographs
All the photos now processed. 1500 photos, knocked down to 319 photographs (and a further 47 zoo pics), of which 41 made the highlights package. Quick selection, including links to relevant militaria. The highlights. All the photographs (except the zoo). The zoo.