Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Big Apple update

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I'm back in New York for work again. The Atlantic never seems to get any smaller. However, BA has finally begun upgrading its inflight e...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

Six thousands visitors

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In March the visitor counter on this blog hits the two year mark. Today it passed another milestone, recording 6000 visitors. For the last 1...
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A spring in our step

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Winter is clearly on the way out. The first daffodils are blooming in our front yard, while several trees in our back yard burst into blosso...
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Friday, February 22, 2008

Men at Work

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Our local Tesco Express store is located on England’s Lane. Until the 19th Century the only buildings in the area were located on this road ...
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Monday, February 18, 2008

Snow and Ice

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I've just returned from a wonderful weekend in Kitzbuhel with my brother and his family. We spent a superb day outdoors on Saturday; ice...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Munich moments

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I've been in Munich all week for business. In between meetings and conference calls I was able to steal a few moments on Friday to admir...
Sunday, February 10, 2008

Shopping by numbers

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Almost every weekend we shop for groceries at a giant Tesco Supermarket. It's always busy. Sundays are usually the worst as shopping ho...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

Light up my life

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My company moved into a spacious new office earlier this month. The contrast between the old building and our new location is stark. Previou...
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Monday, February 04, 2008

Okonominyaki

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In April 1993 I visited Japan for the first time. It was Spring. It was also Sakura Season. Translated in English this simply means "Ch...
Saturday, February 02, 2008

Bills, glorious bills

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It's been a quiet week at Swiss Cottage after our lively weekend. First, Garry put the finishing touches on a new computer server for ou...
Friday, February 01, 2008

Secret schooners unmasked

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Last Saturday we caught up with friends for lunch. However, our afternoon soon morphed into a evening at the pub that continued until closin...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Living with the news

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The unexpected sensation of living in the midst of the world's current affairs has been a reoccurring theme since relocating to London. ...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Hadrian's Wall

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In AD122 Roman Emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia, the northernmost edge of his vast and sprawling empire. Following his visi...
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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Flight BA038

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Today's big news story is the crash-landing of a British Airways Boeing 777 at Heathrow airport yesterday. One 150 people narrowly avert...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Welcome to London!

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I caught the Eurostar to Paris this week from the new St Pancras International station in London. The station was opened on 14 November last...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

A distant memory

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We're back after two weeks of vacation in Dubai and Scotland. This evening, with my first day back at work behind me, our recent adventu...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Edinburgh Castle

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Our northern road trip was dominated by castles. The third and final castle we visited is also Scotland’s second most popular tourist destin...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Snow country

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After a day of almost perfect weather on Thursday, we woke to a spectacular winter's scene the following morning. The foothills around o...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Loch Ness

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Mention Scotland and most people think of Loch Ness. Without a doubt its one of the nation's famous natural landmarks. In 1990 I had the...

King of the castle

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Our first day of the New Year is likely to become the year's most memorable. While researching accommodation for our Northern road tour,...