Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes. That’s what I wanted for my first winter Christmas. The London weather reports indicated a mild winter with no snow until the new year. Determined to see snow on Christmas day, we booked a Christmas trip to Salzburg, followed by a few days in Venice. After a […]
Read more "Snowflakes in Salzburg"Two weeks ago, I asked my Facebook friends to help me decide whether it was worth going to Sheffield (a five hour return high-speed train trip) to see a show. The decision was made swiftly when one of my friends responded to say that not only was he travelling up with some friends on the […]
Read more "Sheffield for a Show"Today I learned that you can’t lie to a Swiss train guard. That they are humourless is no urban myth. I’m ashamed to admit that it was a calculated decision… because everything is so expensive in Switzerland that we brought all our own food from home, and could only afford to sleep in a prison cell. The […]
Read more "Life Lesson #36 – The Swiss Grift"First time in Switzerland. And it feels fantastic! We flew into slick Zurich airport, and are staying an hour away in Lucerne. The Swiss transport system works like clockwork… which figures, I guess! We chose Lucerne because we felt it symbolises ‘real’ Switzerland. Nestled in the Alps, it’s tiny compared with Zurich or Geneva, has […]
Read more "A Weekend in Lucerne"I spent my first night Switzerland in prison. And the second, actually. Lucerne turned its Jail into a hotel about 15 year ago, and given the price of accommodation in this town, we were only too happy to swap a hotel room for a cell! The best part was that we were upgraded to their most […]
Read more "A Night in the Slammer"A few years back, I made a starring turn in the show Cabaret as ‘guy #2’. Thought my performance was less than memorable, it did awaken a desire to visit the city of Berlin. I think I’d probably need to visit Berlin again (or with the right people) to properly discover the underground, bohemian hangouts […]
Read more "A Weekend in Berlin"Earlier this year when we visited Dubrovnik, the place I’d always dreamed of going, I asked Paul what was #1 on his list. He only had one answer: Paris Photo, the world’s biggest art photography fair. 2011 is its 15th year, and for the first time it’s in the Grand Palais. Though I’d been to […]
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