Made it the St Christopher’s hostel. Nice place for the price. Massive downstairs bar, right on the canal. Gorgeous, actually.
I had my ‘Trafalgar Square’ moment for Paris. After bussing to a Gattaca-like RER station near CDG, R called. Spent half …
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I’m writing this on the plane to pass the time.
So yesterday I was really feeling the lack of sleep. And I was trying to work, and not doing very well at it. In fact I’ve still got to mark up …
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Bussed it out to Espoo, met up with one of my brother’s friends (well a mutual friend really as we kindasorta grew up in the same neighbourhood), ate meat, drank beer. Met a charming Irish-Finnish rogue of an opera singer who …
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So at 10:30pm I got restless and went for a walk through the twilight. Wandered into a new area, with different mobs. Found a tavern… this metaphor is getting away from me.
It was an Irish pub. I got a pint …
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So much of what happened yesterday happened too rapidly to take notes, or take anything other than snapshots. So I’m attempting to recreate the …
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Okay, so one of the things R wanted me to do is this:
Seek out and eat a local culinary specialty of the town/region/area. Research its origins, why it’s particular to that region, and how it is prepared. take a …
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Was up ’til 4am sorting out CouchSurfing and did two more hours after waking. Mailed about 10 prospective hosts. Fingers crossed. It’s supposedly easy enough getting somewhere to stay. I guess we’ll see. Dropped a small fortune on flights (by my …
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I’m beginning to think that one night I saw that was so spectacular was an uncommon thing. I went back tonight for a couple of hours, left a fairly wide window of time, and I think I got better results than …
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Thinking of getting my first tattoo with these guys.
Late start. Went and sat in the park, in the sun, and drank bad filter coffee I accidentally ordered two of. Sun is intense here. Days are warm – really …
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All these shots were taken between 11pm and midnight. I missed magic hour by about 90 minutes, so rather than having everything lit by an …
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