Posted in Liberty, Travel, Ventnor on September 11th, 2006 No Comments »
Back from Bestival today, which lived up to its name. It’s like the Big Chill, but with a strong, mad edge. It’s really is the Best of all, well, of the ones I’ve been to. A comparion that springs to mind is Burning Man, but without the desert. I missed going again this year, but […]
Posted in Unexpected, Travel on September 7th, 2006 No Comments »
Just back from Berlin. One difference I noticed, Germans (and possibly other nations) do not walk on escalators.
In the UK the norm is if you want to stand still, you stand on the right hand side. If you’re walking, up or down, you do it on the left.
Most trade fairs are a pretty big rush, […]
Posted in Liberty, Travel on September 5th, 2006 No Comments »
I _had_ to fly out of the UK last week, to get to Berlin for IFA.
I’m not a fan of waiting around, ie. queueing and with the ’security’ measures still in place, I wasn’t looking forward to it.
I looked at the BAA site and the only information that they passed on was “It will take […]
Posted in Travel on May 10th, 2006 1 Comment »
The world is becoming dafter everyday. I recently booked a flight on FlyBe to Edinburgh for the W3C conference. I know it’s a low cost airline, but this is really silly.
I looked up the flight price, chose what fitted best for me and was the best value. I was going to be flying from Southampton, […]
Posted in Travel on May 2nd, 2006 No Comments »
I was in Athens for the weekend, thanks to the IFA. They treated us very well by putting us in the lovely Hotel Nafsika at Astir Palace on the Saronic Gulf.
Actually, they completely spoilt us not only with the accommodation, but the events they laid on.
Athens is quite the densist city I have _ever_ seen. […]
Posted in Travel on April 28th, 2006 No Comments »
The idea of not owning a car is pretty appealing if you live in a city and I’ve seen a few service that offer rental on an hourly basis. Here’s another I stumbled across today CityCarClub.
That reminds me …. I must, must, must write up my experience of hiring a bike in Berlin - they’re […]
Posted in Travel on September 6th, 2005 No Comments »
Brandenburg Gate from the top floor of Akademie der Kunste
Originally uploaded by Simon.
Back from IFA in Berlin. I went to a party hosted by eton radio while I was there, very enjoyable it was too.
Very classy - it was on the top floor of Akademie der […]
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