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 …
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Rock and men from Microsoft
No, it wasn’t my joke, but our other Festival treat was seeing Bill Bailey, the comedian, in concert at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. The EICC tends to be used for big conferences, and Bill started his set by asking whether we were expecting a PowerPoint presentation… Having seen Bill on TV in Black Books …
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 …
Walking part of the Fife Coastal Path
We managed a night away around Easter time. Having had a great time walking in Slovenia in the summer of 2005, we’ve tried to do a little more of it in 2006. Fife has a coastal path which stretches through towards the east. We stayed in Aberdour, with its picture postcard station and castle. Heading along the …