Category: Sabbatical
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Edinburgh Pictures
Conveniently close to my hotel is a pub where I can get a cheap breakfast. It’s a Wetherspoons, in an old cinema, so there are even more weird architectural features than the ‘standard’ Spoons location. Here are some attempts to be funny, presented for your amusement.
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The Kelpies
I’m sure that the trip to the Kelpies is pretty & scenic on a good day, but it wasn’t one, so it was mostly damp but still a bit interesting in places. Took the train out to Falkirk from Edinburgh Waverley, even though Google Maps really wanted to send me to Haymarket station by bus,…
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More Glasgow
The internal layout of the hotel is a bit odd, but I’ve found that with a lot of Travelodges I’ve stayed at. This one has the stairs off the side of the lift lobby, but also has this door to the outside. There’s a railing in front of it, so nobody will use it by…
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Glasgow
I went back to Sexy Coffee, to get a sense of just how sexy it is. I think it’s mostly the marble & marble-effect decor, and though the branded coffee cups (and takeaway cups) are distinctive, I wouldn’t call them ‘sexy’. Coffee was good, but not great, I’d say. I found the river, mostly by…
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Aylesbury to Glasgow
On the move again. I had some things I needed to get done in Aylesbury, such as Dental Stuff ( all fine, and they’re happy that nothing bad happened while I was travelling ) & renewing my UK Passport ( needed to do so a bit early because some places want you to have 6…
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The Things He Carried
I think I took just enough stuff with me for the trip, and I can only think of a few items which never got used. The Mosquito Net, which was recommended by the place I got my travel vaccinations from (though I bought one from somewhere else) never came into play. I’m not overly concerned…
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Scooters
Collecting, as I think of them, the little moments from the trip which probably didn’t stand out as a big deal at the time, but which stuck with me. A German guy at the hostel in Hanoi mentioned the huge number of scooter accident injuries he’d seen during a two week stay in Southern Thailand.…
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I’m Not Sleeping Anymore
I did some figuring, to try to work out how long I was mostly awake on the flight back. For these purposes, I’m defining ‘proper sleep’ as those times when I could lie down & be asleep for a decent period of time; Leaning against the wall of the aircraft doesn’t count, but sprawling out…
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Auckland & Jetlag & Scones, Oh My!
My airport hotel rate included breakfast, so I set an alarm, partially so that I’d be awake in time for checkout, but mostly so I could be sure to hit the buffet in a relaxed & dignified manner. Or something approximation of such a thing. I slept solidly from the time I put the lights…