Well, I did say I’d probably be on hiatus for a while, but I didn’t expect it to be a full four and a half months! Let’s see… April was, as you would have seen, really wall to wall singing,…
Update (yes, I’m still alive!)
Category: Travel
Travel Post: Football, Animals, and the road home
I had planned to attend A’s church on Sunday, but in the end, sleep took priority, and I instead rose in a more leisurely fashion to begin contemplating packing and what I might need to post home, before meeting A…
Travel Post: Back in Mainz, and a Feast
Saturday was a massive cooking day. A couple of years ago, A showed her friend R my cooking blog, and he started following it. When he heard I was visiting, he asked if I could come to his house and…
Travel Post: Germany, with Dresden, Opera and a trip on the Elba
Thursday dawned atrociously hot again. We started the day with a quick cherub poll, before heading out to meet with another of A’s friends near the statue of Friedrich August der Starker (who we suspect fathered all those cherubs –…
Travel Post: Germany, with Dresden and so many cherubs
Wednesday morning dawned bright and hot. My friend had a physio appointment in the morning, so I decided to stay home and write some postcards. That was when I first noticed the cherubs. To be accurate, I had, in fact,…
Travel Post: Germany with Naumburg and Leipzig
With the music festival over, Monday was our day to explore Naumburg properly. We had our sights set on the cathedral, but on our way there, we visited a rather special plush toy shop, called Kösen. The are known for…
Travel Post! Germany, with a Medieval Music Festival
Saturday was another slow start for us, followed by a long drive north and east to Freyburg for a festival. We provisioned ourselves for the road with bread, fruit, tomatoes and some glorious capsicums that reminded me of tulips from…
Travel Post! Germany, with Heidelberg, Soccer and Theology
And we are back to the travel posts, with our first glimpse of Germany! Taking the train to Germany always has some interesting moments. Changing trains onto the more local line is particularly good fun, because the signs at the…
Travel Post: Paris with many parks and a fond farewell
It’s Wednesday, and I’m sitting in a train that has just departed from the Gare de l’Est and is rapidly gaining speed. My initial destination was going to be Reims, but I got home last night and discovered an anxious…
Travel Post: Paris and the Subterranean Weekend
On Saturday, the floods having retired somewhat (I sent out a dove to check), I decided it was time to start my proper underground exploration of Paris. And with garbage strikes allegedly over, but rubbish nonetheless still piled high on…