Month: January 2018

  • The colours of London

    If you’re in London right now then we can agree on one thing – it is a bit cold and miserable. Before Christmas the cold, dark evenings have a certain romance about them. It is the frosty nights before Christmas, where lights twinkle and lovers scurry through the streets huddled together against the cold. But…

  • Coffee in the cold in Prague

    Prague is beautiful, but it is a bit on the chilly side. It is about as cold as the UK, but the wind takes the temperature down below freezing. As a result, while we were exploring S and I found ourselves in need of a warming beverage. Usually this took the form of a gluvine…

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    Walking Prague

    Once Christmas is in the bag people’s attention turns to New Year and the next round of festivities. This year S and I decided to escape the usual parties and head away for the arrival of 2018. We hopped across to Prague for some days wandering the cobbled streets and wrapping up against the cold.…

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    Shall we give the usual resolutions a miss?

    I don’t hold with New Year’s Resolutions. They are often knee-jerk reactions or changes you would have made earlier if you wanted to. Mark Twain summed them up best in this piece, which I found courtesy of the truly wonderful Letters of Note website. So I am going with a few simple lifestyle changes for…