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Paris 2010 – avec bébé

Nov 15, ’10 8:19 PM
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Our first overseas trip as a complete family had to be postponed due to the problems with my father.  This time, there were no problems.  At least, not at the beginning! We decided to visit Paris in order to catch up with our friends there.  Romana and I both lived there, her for years, and…
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Itinerary Options

Aug 29, ’10 7:47 PM

I’m still trying to decide what to do next, but I think I’m forming a plan. I did debate staying here for all the time I have, teaching some web stuff maybe, for free.  But nobody seemed that interested when I mentioned it, so I think it’s worth heading off. I’ve already been to San…
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Speed Limiting in Cars

Dec 31, ’08 1:21 PM

As part one of my campaign to introduce the concept of actually thinking to UK media, pundits and government, I’m covering the nasty little idea of automatic speed limiters being introduced to cars – so that people can, basically, stop thinking about the speed they drive at. That’ll work…
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Maps of the World

Aug 4, ’07 2:39 PM
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Maps have always fascinated me – I can stand staring at them for hours. Or at least, minutes. Whether it’s a small map of the area, or something covering the whole globe. There’s a few in particular that stand out as interesting, partly for their political background, and others for their technical approach. The first…
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Transport in Cuba

Mar 19, ’07 7:32 PM
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Transport anywhere in what can be considered a third world country is quite a challenge to anyone used to online booking of easyJet flights. But… if you’ve arrived with Western wealth then it’s never going to be all that bad either. I mean for sure, your chances of arriving on time are little better than…
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First Impressions in Cuba

Mar 5, ’07 6:41 PM

If you fly with First Choice on their Cuba West Traveller scheme they give you your first night’s accomodation free. The idea, we think, is that in Cuba you can’t just turn up as a typical itinerant and expect to wander about. Of course, that’s exactly what you can do… You just need to give…
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Liverpool Airport (Speke)

Dec 10, ’06 2:53 AM
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Liverpool has one of those small airports that’s done rather well over the past decade. A rise in air travel has been good for many airports, yet Liverpool’s Speke airport (now known as Liverpool John Lennon Airport) has done especially well. Why? Because first of all they worked well with easyJet – with a combination…
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Rocking in Paris

Nov 26, ’06 5:18 PM
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I spend… oooh, lots of time in Paris. Yet I’ve never actually quite got round to writing about it on this site. Why not? Good question. Perhaps because it’s a little personal. I’ve lived there, loved there, and so on. To talk about it in depth may reveal me more to the world at large.…
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Italy – Lucky in Lucca, and more….

Aug 18, ’06 10:58 PM
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Sadly, I never had a chance to write fully about Italy – so you’ll have to make do with this brief overview. Sorry!
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Gin Tonic in Lima Central

Jan 24, ’06 6:47 PM

It was Douglas Adams that suggested that wherever you are in the universe, asking for something that sounds like “Gin and Tonic” will usually give you the same drink. Of course I’ve only been able to test this theory on Earth, but so far it had proven unbreakable. So in a non touristy town in…
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