October 18, 2008 You Started It! — Fawlty Towers and Wars Declared by US Presidents EntertainmentPolitics You started it! Series 1 Episode 6 – The Germans, Fawlty Towers —————————————- When Sybil is out of action in hospital, Basil is left to cope with his shabby hotel (in Torquay) in her absence. What could go wrong when … Read more
July 22, 2008 Kenya Safari Holidays April 2008 Travel Kenya – A Recap of our 6 days in the Great Wild Bush We arrived in Kenya at Nairobi International airport on our holidays in May and, somewhat predictably, spent the first 30 minutes in a highly disorganized line up … Read more
May 4, 2008 Emirates Airline marvels again on Nairobi-Dubai-Paris Travel After a first experience on Emirates Airline, two weeks ago (post here), I have since taken three more flights with Emirates (EK). Turns out our first experience was not one-off. We flew from Dubai to Nairobi a week … Read more
May 2, 2008 Comments and Thoughts after Visit to Dubai 2008 SportsTravel Our visit to Dubai for family holidays Rarely does one get a chance to see a city in the making, especially if you have lived all your life in “old” Europe and/or the East Coast of America. For those in … Read more
March 1, 2008 Barcelona – Some sites, restaurants & factoids Travel Culinary delights in Barcelona Barcelona is wondrous city offering an architectural feast at every corner, with a mixture of buildings dating back to the Roman times (down in the Gothic part of town) all the way through to contemporary masterpieces … Read more
January 1, 2008 Happy No Smoking & New Year Health Glad to usher in a new year and, with it, the beginning of smoke-free hotels, bars and restaurants in Paris. But, as this BBC article explains, Paris is not the only place to take on new year resolutions. Eight German … Read more
December 9, 2007 Serendipity – Random Meeting in Hanoi SportsTravel As I prepare a post for my impressions of Hanoi, Vietnam, I would like to isolate a great moment of serendipity–aka “oh boy, is this world small!”–that occurred on my first day of my trip. On any business trip, I … Read more
November 21, 2007 Egypt – Holiday on the Nile Travel My wife and I just spent a most memorable week in Egypt, on the famed Nile. Thanks to my mother who hoofed it over from the States to watch over our children, we were afforded a romantic getaway. The visit, … Read more
August 29, 2007 Art & Archeology Museum of Gueret Travel English translation of posting in French: Musee d’Art et d’Archaeologie de Guéret For an extremely pleasant visit when you are in the Creuse department of France, head to the museum of Art and Archaeology of Guéret – lodged at the … Read more
August 5, 2007 Psychiatry is politics… and dollars and cents PoliticsWWII I had never been fully exposed to the downside of psychiatry until I visited this week the exposition “Pyschiatrie: la vérité sur ses abus” in Paris at the Hotel Castiglione, 40 rue deFaubourg St Honoré. Sponsored by Citizens’ … Read more