Wherein our protagonist visits the Petit Palais, takes a bike tour at dusk and a barge ride at night, and tries (unsuccessfully) to appreciate modern art. This is an account of Sunday and Monday. My hotel was located just off Place de Clichy, which is right in the heart of the Montmartre district. Montmartre, by the [...]
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A few more pictures
18Aug06I updated the Denmark entries with some pictures, here and here. It might help make things make a little more sense. Or not :)I’m fairly unhappy with the state of the blog, both because of general stability issues and because this theme (and the others I’ve tried) aren’t great for photo-blogging. Hell, they’re not even [...]
This was at the Place de la Concorde…she waded right into the gooey water. Ahem, ’nuff said.
Bonjour, Paris!
13Aug06Note: As noted, this post was started in Paris, but I was cut short by my laptop battery, and since haven’t bothered finishing it. Well, here it is… This entry is being composed from the second story of the Eiffel Tower, my reward for lugging my laptop (and charger) around all day in my backpack. Now [...]
Back from Brighton
29Jul06Another painful cycle trip, 70 miles total. SKo, AM and I started out in the morning expecting to get there mid-afternoon, but in fact only got there in the evening. Unlike the route for the Dunwich Dynamo, which I described as ‘undulating’, this was a truly hilly route — we must have done at least [...]
The last 2 days
28Jul06I never got around to writing about the last 2 days of the Denmark trip, primarily because I was sick. I had a bad feeling about that tuna sandwich I had on Saturday night, and sure enough I threw it up at about 4AM on Sunday morning. I didn’t feel well at all when I [...]
…and 12 hours later
22Jul06I’m back. And the Chinese-American dude with the Apple Powerbook whom I talked to briefly in the lobby this morning is exactly where I left him, still looking at anime…talk about the ultimate advertisement for not getting a Mac. (Actually, two guys who are bunking in my room are also exactly where I left them [...]
Sleepy in Denmark
22Jul06Because I was up all night travelling (and watching DVDs) on Thursday/Friday, I was ready to hit the sack as soon as I checked in at the hostel. I stayed up because I had to go pray (which I did at the Turkish cultural centre, after listening to the khutba in Turkish), and because I [...]
And I’m here!
21Jul06Hmm…the 30-degree sunny day isn’t panning out so far — it’s decidedly grey and wet so far. The flight was OK, though not what I expected at all. Given how expensive SAS is and how much I’ve always heard about their standards, I expected better. Instead, what we got was RyanAir-worthy — a breakfast pack that [...]
Brighton
13Jun06Belated, but hey…too bad I don’t have one of the Lake District. So much for this being a complete journal of my doings :) I went to Brighton on a day trip during the bank holiday weekend. CB (my friend from Chicago) went too…the weather was mild at best, with some chilly winds thrown in, and [...]
Saudi Arabia (2)
17Oct05Right, so I’ve just arrived in Jeddah, had my passport photocopied and piled my two carry-ons into AACB’s beautiful Landcruiser Prado. Heading out from the airport parking lot, it quickly becomes obvious that I was right: no amount of money can turn a desert into an oasis. There’s quite a bit of shrubbery, (clearly manicured, [...]
Saudi Arabia (1)
13Oct05I’m back from Umrah in Saudi. The 9.5 days I spent there were fabulous, though the journey to and from was pretty bad. Actually, ‘horrible’ might be more appropriate: on the way out, I was ‘off-loaded’ from the plane after being told because I only had an Umrah visa, I could only fly to Jeddah, whereas [...]
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