Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Onwards, upwards, downwards (repeat x5)

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Currently, I am on the mother of all trips. Was in Riga (that’s Latvia in case you don’t feel like looking it up) for the last two days, an...
Monday, October 12, 2009

5 places that tourists to Romania often visit but shouldn't really bother with

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1. Bucharest. Let's face it, it's a dump. OK, it has almost certainly the best nightlife in the country, and great cultural even...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009

5 places tourists to Romania should visit

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1. The monasteries of Bucovina. Absolutely stunning places. If you have to pick only two then I would recommend Voroneţ and Suceviţa. R...
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Monday, September 14, 2009

Summer summary

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I have, you will have noticed, been away from this blog for a fair while. Partly that's to do with having being working a lot, but most...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

My International Football Career

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I am, to put it mildly, not one of the world's greatest footballers. As a child I would be one of the last people picked in playground m...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

They all look the same to me

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It is said that people from one ethnic group cannot tell members of another apart. There does seem to be a grain of truth in that, though i...
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Things that irritate me about Romania

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(part umpteen in an occasional, but almost certainly infinite, series) If you try and change money here they only accept perfectly pristine ...
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Le Tour de Ciuc

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I've always been a big fan of the Tour De France. Well, I say "always", but obviously that's an exaggeration, since for m...
Saturday, August 08, 2009

Police 2.0

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Just got back from two weeks working in Barcelona, from where comes this heartwarming story of modern day technology in action... One of the...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Bobby Robson

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When I was an English teacher in Porto (many years ago), me and another English teaching friend rang up FC Porto and asked if we could bring...
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