Posts tagged place

We all get caught up in the mundanity of life, especially when our lives turn towards the side of crazy. Everything becomes a rush, the …

Food The constant urge to eat – keep out the cold and comfort myself against the post-communist chill. One can do it in a group …

I am ready to write about Russia. I needed time. I needed distance. I went to Russia in September, yet I required six months, a …

Get out of London to lovely Hemel Hampstead… the area is not the attraction but there are a few plusses. One of which is hurtling …

February is the month of love. Perhaps it’s the highly-commercialised type that so many seem to object to but, in our capitalist society, it’s hard …

Have you ever had one of those instances where you find yourself wishing you were German, if only for a minute… I seem to find …

Last Saturday, a friend I’ve nicknamed the Almighty Jarr-Jarr (due to his remarkable gymnastics abilities) invited me to watch him and his Fire Tribe group …

There is a new dining experience in Hong Kong: it is all about fresh ingredients, delivered to your door on the same day to make …

India gives people diarrhoea. A loosening that can even afflict the mouth, it encourages the expulsion of the most rancid drivel imaginable. The verbal dysentery …

Simple enough French. I’m always in search of the next adventure, right? Wrong. Apparently, this little phrase, which I’ve had on my dating profile for …