Lisbon, Portugal, day 11 Cascais
Today we wandered down to Cascais.
I’m not a big fan of computer games. Generally I take the view that computers are difficult enough already, without installing software that effectively makes them even more recalcitrant. However, I make an exception for Tux Racer. Originally written back in 2000 by Jasmin Patry, Tux Racer is an open-source winter sports racing video game…
Decided to take my new girlfriend and a Fuji S2 Pro to Paris in the spring for a long weekend. These are a few snaps of some French trains, as we alighted from the Eurostar in Paris earlier today. Camera: Fuji S2 Pro.
So it seems we have yet another unelected Tory prime minister. In addition to being Britain’s first British-Asian and Hindu PM, and the youngest PM in over two centuries, Rishi Sunak also has the distinction of being our third PM in seven weeks! This time there wasn’t even ballot for Tory Party members. He just…
Today we drove down to one of my favourite places, Le Corbusier´s strangely beautiful Ronchamp Chapel “Notre Dame du Haut”, France. Camera: Olympus C2500L
“…playing his favourite music, I hope you like it.”
These are the first words you will hear when you connect to the internet radio stream of Radio Pécs International. And I recently had the pleasure of meeting the man behind the show, Hans Randau. His station is located in a small basement room in his lovely home, which overlooks Pécs, a Mediterranean style town about 200km south of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
Calais > Strasbourg Always had rather a soft spot for Strasbourg, with its strange dialect (Alsatian) and its complicated history. It’s also hope to the Council of Europe and the EU Parliament. It’s also home to a lot of white storks. Other days Part 1 You are here: Part 2 Part 3 Part 4…