One advantage of trips abroad is the opportunity to try out the local food and drink. When we had a few days in Graz, Austria, coffee arrived on individual trays, each with an additional glass of water. We worked hard to try out coffees in lots of different locations across town – one way to visit stylish places on …
Category archives: Art and visual
Ballet and the silent screen
The Edinburgh Festival comes round faster every year, and it’s hard to fit in seeing shows with work. This year, however, we made an effort, as the Nederlands Dans Theater was back in town. We managed to see them a few years ago, Dan’s first time to see a contemporary dance show. That time, they …
Half an hour in front of Guernica
We’ve been lucky on our holidays that we’ve been able to see some great buildings, paintings etc. One particular treat this year was being able to visit Madrid, on a work trip in May. Dan was able to come with me, and we stayed on a couple of days afterwards. The agency where the meetings …
Christmas images 2005
Here’s some of the pictures we took last year with Dan’s snazzy camera. They are of our Christmas tree decorations, and were intended to become the images on cards. We felt a bit like studio photographers setting them up – it’s useful having plain white chairs as backdrops. Thankfully all the subjects were well behaved, …