Life's about experiences. These are mine.
After a relatively mild start to autumn in the UK the cold of Budapest has come as something as a shock and it’s not even that cold. At 2 degrees it is still hat and gloves weather though so that is how we left the hotel this morning. The city is made up of two …
I guess for some London Stansted is a really convenient airport. There must be some people who say “I know let’s leave this dreary English weather behind and jet off somewhere sunny. Stansted is only just down the road”. Those people don’t live in Reading. For us Stansted means a trek along major motorways of …
We have some good friends that we see regularly and they always seem to put on a great meal for us. Just recently they have upped the ante a bit and it has become a bit of a recipe arms race as we try and find something to out do them! Last night we did …
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Back in August I managed to get up to London to see the Poppies in the Moat installation at the Tower of London and thought that it was incredible. Then Helen came home from work saying that others had volunteered to plant the poppies and that we should too, so we applied. Our first choice …
Quiet month this month and one of the five shown is actually from last month!. This months additions are: Fish – A Feast of Consequences Peter Maxwell-Davies – Symphony 10 (SoS) Jef Neve – One (SoS) OK Go – Hungry Ghosts John, Paul, George & Ringo – 4 The observant amongst you will note that I missed an entry last month …
This is a real letter that was sent (yes, printed and sent, not emailed) to some of our friends who have a child at the school. What I love about this is that the sender has clearly recognised that having to type in that long URL is going to be tedious and error prone so …
Last days away are always hard as you have to balance the time you have available to do something meaningful with an eye on the clock to ensure you leave enough time to make your flight. Today was one of those days although with a flight not due to leave until 17:20 we had plenty …
Another walking the streets of Rome and today we headed towards the Vatican. We have been told that the weather back home has finally turned but it is still lovely here with the top temps getting into the mid to high twenties. Despite this the locals were already beginning to wrap up with scarves and …
Today was a bit of a departure from the norm in that while we did all the usual touristy things we also went to a museum to see and exhibition of the works of MC Escher. His work fascinates me and is some of the most accessible art that I have come across. Part of …
