Monthly Archives: October 2012
Passing Ships of the Desert
Sultanahmet Sunday 28th. Ilze will write at length about Dubai, suffice it to say at the Non Ian G end of the spectrum, we found it hot and oppressive, garish and crass. Look for Ilze’s photos from the Egyptian themed shopping centre in coming issues and the only camel we saw was in bright yellow fibreglass. […]
Minarets and Trojan Horses
On our second evening in Istanbul we found another very good restaurant where they catered for Ian. Next morning it took a while to get out of bed, and we spent some time on the net trying to find a bigger supermarket or somewhere else to get a better range of food. With the four […]
Istanbul Arrival
It’s been an interesting and challenging couple of days. On Wednesday night we stayed in a tiny but clean and quite comfortable room near Gare du Nord, handy for our train trip to the airport in the morning. Food options for Ian were limited so we just ate leftovers and went to bed. In the […]
If it’s Wednesday it must be Belgium …
The Albion Hotel in Iepers/Ypres was very comfortable and not overheated like most other hotels here. Pete picked us up for our third and final day of touring the Western Front, concentrating on the Ypres Salient area. It was another lovely day so we have been really lucky. First we walked to the Menin Gate […]
Tale of Two Mates
A heavy fog had descended on Amiens overnight, and the air was damp with condensation. As we drove higher the blanket lifted to another sunny autumn day. Something I hadn’t thought about was the foliage – we have seen plenty of leaf colour. They are falling rapidly as the temperature is about to plummet later […]
The Western Front day 1
Rue de la Roquette is certainly a much quieter street at 6.15am, and it was a good time to be trundling heavy suitcases, without the usual endless flow of people and traffic. We negotiated the metro to Gare du Nord then headed upstairs to stand under the huge, old fashioned Departures board, waiting to see […]
Food Glorious Food
A week into our trip and I certainly haven’t starved yet! The keys to successful gluten free eating are research and always having a plan B. It does spoil most of the spontaneity that non-coeliacs routinely enjoy but c’est la vie! As Deb blogged, the flight to Paris took around 30 hours. The only food […]
Sunny Day
There’s only one thing to do in Paris on a mild sunny autumn day, and that’s head north to the hills of Montmartre. En route we did some reconnaissance at Gare du Nord, since we will be dragging suitcases through it at 7am tomorrow as we hunt down our train to Amiens. The most famous […]
Rainy Day
There’s only one thing to do in Paris on a dull, drizzly day, and that’s head indoors to some of the multitude of museums. The bonus is that many of them are housed in spectacularly ornate buildings so you can appreciate the art and the architecture all at once. Back on our Metrogaine for another […]
Paris Metrogaine
“Forty eight hours in Paris and I don’t have a single photo of the Eiffel Tower” – Debbie Today began with some local drama – we stepped through the door that separates our cobbled courtyard from the street, and noticed a pall of thick black smoke, billowing from a hotel a few doors up. Next […]
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