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FRANCE | Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009 | Views [914]
MANY thanks, Lufthansa, for telling me that you couldn’t find my son on your manifests because he had somehow got his tickets from United Airlines. Despite being on Lufthansa flight LH 565 from Ghana to Frankfurt and a further Lufthansa flight from ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, beer, el bulli, keith austin, paris, plage, popsi bubblehead, spain, summer, voie georges pompidou
FRANCE | Thursday, 9 Jul 2009 | Views [1236]
THERE was an advertising slogan in Britain many years ago which urged people to ‘Let the train take the strain’. That was in the supposedly good old days of British Rail, Intercity, and a nationalised train network, of course. That slogan, though, ... Read more >
Tags: beauvais, eurostar, france, girona, glasgow, paris, popsi bubblehead, prestwick, scotland, trains
FRANCE | Thursday, 4 Jun 2009 | Views [1958] | Comments [2]
RECENTLY we have been concerned with the question of ‘chicness’. As in the age-old dilemma of whether the French actually are more chic than anyone else, or is it one of those self-fulfilling prophecies? Certainly the chap strolling the Marais ... Read more >
Tags: chic, fashion, jimmy choo, notre dame, paris, popsi bubblehead, scooters, spring, stiletto, tourists
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 20 Apr 2009 | Views [2086] | Comments [4]
We are all prisoners of our prejudices at times. We can try to combat them but . . . for instance, have you ever driven past one of those Classical revivalist McMansions and wondered what it looked like inside? How surprised would you be if it was ... Read more >
Tags: eat up, food, joel robuchon, la table, paris, pets, pigs trotters, popsi bubblehead, review, smoking
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 23 Mar 2009 | Views [1302] | Comments [1]
Yes, it’s me again, and so soon! Feeling a bit guilty at my lack of communication recently but it’s amazing the things you can fill a day with, still feel that you’ve done nothing, and yet be exhausted at the end of it. While in the UK recently ... Read more >
Tags: berkshire, cheese, food, foodie, pangbourne, popsi bubblehead, pubs, tasting, thames, wine
FRANCE | Saturday, 7 Feb 2009 | Views [1204]
How many times have you heard that people, when they arrive at a new destination, want to “experience” the place like the locals do? They want to eat where the locals eat, drink where the locals drink ... it’s an obsession, and a ridiculous one. ... Read more >
Tags: croissants, keith austin, paris, popsi bubblehead, prices, tourism, tourists, trains, venice
AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 31 Jan 2009 | Views [2273] | Comments [2]
We are in our final days here now and our attention is turning towards the overnight rail trip we are taking to Paris on Sunday night. But a few thoughts first on Venetian mysteries: Where are all those many little old ladies in perms and fur coats ... Read more >
Tags: detachable penis, glass, italy, keith austin, lido, murano, popsi bubblehead, rick stein, rick steves, venice
ITALY | Wednesday, 28 Jan 2009 | Views [1198] | Comments [1]
The good burghers of Venice have got their work cut out. Having rid themselves of the Doges many years ago (though being a doge wasn't all it was cracked up to be, as we found out on a tour of the Doges' Palace) they are now battling the dogs of Venice.... Read more >
Tags: doges, dogs, fur, keith austin, murano, popsi bubblehead, posters., venice
ITALY | Thursday, 22 Jan 2009 | Views [892]
There are two things in the world that should never smell like themselves: fish and toilets. Which is why the toilets at Singapore’s Changi airport are so wonderful – they smell like a fresh summer’s day and have automatic this and automatic that. Indeed, ... Read more >
Tags: airbus 380, changi, flying, popsi bubblehead, toilets, wi-fi
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 15 Jan 2009 | Views [819] | Comments [3]
I will need a holiday after this. Ever since my other half, the fragrant Popsi Bubblehead, was awarded an Arts Council writing grant which included a studio apartment in the centre of Paris for six months (I know, poor me), everything has been leading ... Read more >
Tags: banks, euros, packing, popsi bubblehead, travellers cheques
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