Archive for July, 2006



..further insights from a raving wander

Published on July 16, 2006

If there is a universal food, surely it is the Döner Kabab. Discuss.
A moat, no matter how big or small, is just about as cool as it gets
Europeans are touted as the height of ‘civilisation’ but they still haven’t figured out air-conditioning
I need TV in English
Having watched the word cup in 5 languages and […]


… Just giving the people what they want

Published on July 7, 2006

Here’s some photos for you my friends, I’ve put one from each destination since I left Rome with the exception of Berlin as I’ve only been here for a couple of hours.
Florence:

Venice:

Vienna:

Prague:

Krakow:


Oswiecim and Birkenau

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For ever let this place be a cry of despair and a warning to humanity, where nazis murdered about one and a half million men, women and children, mainly Jews from various countries of Europe
Auschwitz - Birkenau, 1940 -1945
Douglas Adams once quipped that if anyone could possibly comprehend just how big the universe was then […]


Worldly Insights

Published on July 3, 2006

Nature documentaries are narrated in the same voice around the world (I’m listening to one in Czech at the moment and knew exactly what it was before I turned around)
Czech is a seriously fucked language
Cheap airfairs are not only an ecological disaster but have meant that Bucks and Hen’s nights have evolved from bus tours […]