Life's about experiences. These are mine.
I had been adamant that we’d had breakfast included in the price of our hotel but it turned that that was not the case so we were left to find another (cheaper) alternative. Turns out that there are lots of Le Pain Quotidien’s over here and they do a reasonable pain au raisin. The ones …
Continue reading “New York & Washington ‘19 – Day Three – Top of the Rock”
When you come to such a well known city as New York there are many things that you simply have to do and then there are the place that others say that your simply have to do. Everyone agrees that the Statue of Liberty is one of those things that you simply have to do …
Continue reading “New York & Washington ‘19 – Day Two – Brooklyn and the Staten Island Ferry”
I’m very excited as this time our travels take us back to the USA but this time to a new destinations in the shape of New York and Washington DC. These have been on our bucket list for a while. Actually, to be honest, only New York was on the list but the more people …
Continue reading “New York & Washington ‘19 – Day One – Sterile Environment”
UPDATE! Amélie has now transferred to the West End and you can see it too. More info here. When you discover that someone has turned one of your favourite films into a musical the initial reaction is “well, that can only end badly”. When you then discover that it is going to be staged in …
Continue reading “Amélie The Musical, The Watermill Theatre, 27th April 2019”
For my Dad’s birthday I had booked for us both to go over and visit the Brooklands Museum. In my mind I associated it with cars and the banked track that played host to so many early motorsport races. In my Dad’s mind he associated it with planes and when he worked on the site …
Continue reading “Brooklands Museum, Surrey, 9th March 2019”
We had a few hours before the taxi was due to collect us from the hotel and as the weather was still good decided to go for a stroll. We went straight to the sister hotel of the one we are staying in as it has a rooftop terrace with view across the city to …
Continue reading “Athens 2019 – Day Five – A Lazy Sunday Morning Stroll”
After our aborted attempt yesterday today we made it to the Ancient Agora. Strangely there isn’t actually as much there as at first appears. Looking down on the Agora from the Acropolis it seems to cover a vast area and offers glimpses of hidden sights. However, there are only two buildings and a lot of …
Continue reading “Athens 2019 – Day Four – In the Footsteps of Olympians”
When we got up this morning it was to bad news. We had read and had been warned that Athens could be bad for pickpockets. Unfortunately one of our party had fallen prey to this and had lost their wallet. This must have happened in the short distance from the restaurant to the hotel last …
Continue reading “Athens 2019 – Day Three – The Good and the Bad of Athens”
Our first full day in Athens and we chose to do something that I have never done here before – go to the top of Lycabettis Hill. This is a small blob that, like the hill that the Parthenon sits atop, is visible across the city. We walked from the hotel to the funicular which …
Continue reading “Athens 2019 – Day Two – Climbing up on Lycabettus Hill”
This is my second time in Athens. Last time was as one of the stopping off points on a cruise in 2013. It was supposed to be with Helen but as she was ill I went alone. The time before that was when I was still at university in 1985. It was an enjoyable holiday …