…of a kitchen that included a microwave, oven, kettle and toaster all kept company by a handful of mismatched plates and cutlery. A VERY small common area big enough for two fridges that were never cleaned and a small table completed the upstairs area. For this reason the majority of us sat downstairs in the bar so that we could actually move around as the bedrooms were tiny as well. The […]
…rain I needed to catch let alone a working ticket machine. With all of the computer screens for the trains seemingly out of order I chanced it and jumped the first train that looked good and headed off into the dark abyss that is the underground train network of Naples. As luck would have it a short time later I was walking up a local street in the right direction […]
…ONG. Yep I don’t need to tell you all that as you already know I’m the beez neez (see I’m modest too). Instead I just want to wish all my fellow readers, friends, travellers and soon to be travellers a safe and merry new year. May your 2011 travels bring you many a perfect photo, a life changing experience and hopefully not too many “OMG did I really drink that […]
…Coming to the UK to live meant I was going to get to experience a lot of new and wonderful things. One that I was really looking forward too, was the first snow day. I saw this snow covered driveway as I walked to work on my first ever snow day. To me it resembles everything I had imagined about how beautiful things in England can be. It looked like […]
…riage of Duke Wilhelm V (founder of the Hofbräuhaus) to Renata of Lorraine complete with jousting knights. The second story represents the dance that the first people to venture back into the streets of Munich performed to show it was safe to come out of hiding after the great plague in the 16th century. The 11am show runs everyday all year round with extra shows run during the summer months. […]
…ter a quick breakfast at the Copenhagen train station I said goodbye to my new friend Caitlin and headed off to catch my 5+ hour train ride to Stockholm. Slowly the train passed from the wet and cold of Denmark into the warmth of Sweden (it’s weird to be saying that given I just think of Sweden as being cold). As the hours passed I found myself looking out the […]
