It was years ago, around 2012 when our friends had decided to pursue a better future in central Europe, Germany specifically, and when we had informally promised to visit them wherever they would find a “home”. So it was just a matter of finding the correct time to visit them once they had decided to…
… After crossing Princes Bridge I headed for the Royal Botanic Gardens. I passed by the yachting clubs on the river banks and entered the gardens. It was a serene atmosphere. Entering the garden made a big impression to me. The noise-trained ear was not used to such a noise-less environment. I walked south…
On the way back to London, after a great, exquisite, superb, beautiful 3-week stay Down Under, i was to make a stop-over in Singapore. I had decided that i could stay overnight and spend less than 24 hours to check a place i had never seen before. One of the things i did, and i…
I know that when summer arrives the normal thing to do is to just … bugger off from home. If London is your home then you have no excuse to just not take the first random flight out of any London airport to any of the four corners of the world – and I guess…
After visiting Madurodam at The Hague, it was high time i visited Mini Europe, Brussels. Another supeb miniature park!
Over a period of the first three years I had stayed in London, I had lived in three different locations – Russell Square (a student resident), Clapham Junction/Wandsworth and Vauxhall. For each of the first two places I had completed one year of residence, but in the last one it was only 3 months before…
My first encounter with Vancouver – if one can have an encounter with a city – was around the age of 15. It was summer and I had just bought the tape of Bryan Adams “Into the Fire” – it was the tape age around ‘87- and had I rushed into my father’s car as…
A trip to London – especially for those that have lived and cherished what London has to offer – is always a chance to celebrate and consolidate. Celebrate due to numerous stimulants that trigger all our senses and present us with the opportunity to just live life to its max. Consolidate due to the recollecting…
The invitation to visit The Hague arrived in my inbox quite out of the blue and the decision to visit was a swift one. I had only 10 days to arrange travelling details and taking into account all other bits and pieces or bells and whistles, I had no time whatsoever to look for “things…
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