The only European trip we booked before even leaving NZ has arrived. I’m still pinching myself. We’re spending the next two weeks chasing the Mediterranean around the Rivieras and down to the Amalfi Coast, then crossing the Adriatic. I’ve written out our basic itinerary here in case any of you have tips or suggestions. View […]
Read more "The Birthday Trip"So today I met Henrietta, the voice of the London Underground. She owes her job to Emma Clarke, the previous voice, who was sacked after making the alternative announcements below. I didn’t know until today that she’s also the voice of NS&I. We had a three hour recording session for a project I’m working on. […]
Read more "Mind the Gap"I looked forward to this weekend all week: West End Live! Aka 200,000 people packed into Trafalgar Square to watch all the big shows perform live for 15 minutes. It would have been amazing if it hadn’t poured. Like, cats and dogs and antelope poured. Die hard fans that we are, we had no choice […]
Read more "…And Getting Caught in the Rain"A month or two ago I drooled while reading online about Taste of London, the annual food festival held in Regent’s Park just around the corner from our place. Then I saw the price. At £26 each just to get in, followed by a double whammy of still-quite-expensive food, there was no way we were […]
Read more "If You Like Pina Coladas…"All antipodeans become insomniacs when they first arrive in London. For most, it gets better after a few days when their jet-lag subsides. But not for me. I couldn’t sleep for a whole other reason. I would rather sleep outside than spend another night on the bony sack of nails our incompetent landlord had the […]
Read more "Life Lesson #27 – One Man’s Trash…"Our weekend in Germany was very eventful. It started with the already-blogged Autobahn drive. What I didn’t mention in the post was what happened next… we got lost. Well, sort of lost. I bought a GPS a few weeks ago, so technically we knew where we were, but we couldn’t get in. Turned out our hostel […]
Read more "A Weekend in Germany"My driving skills have been put through the wringer in the past three months. First, in America I had to drive on the wrong side of the road. Then, in the Lake District of Northern England, I had to teach myself how to tame a manual. Now, in Germany, I have to do both at […]
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