The importance of not eating hotel breakfasts
It is very easy to get lulled into eating hotel buffet breakfasts.
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Tag: Random
Virtual Souvenirs in Vienna
This is not really intended to be a blog about Our Tour Round The Capital Cities of Europe. However Vienna was a fertile hunting ground for #virtualsouvenir fans.
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The Miracle of the Knee
Well that was a bad few days. Suddenly realising how fragile this whole (if Epic) journey is, how many different tiny little things could go wrong, and how terminal even a little problem could be.
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Beware of the ME!!!
“S” says: At last! My marvelousness is recognised!! An excellent portrait, if I say so myself.
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Cheering up
One lesson I have learned about travelling (and repeatedly forget, but hey, that’s the benefit of having a wipe-clean mind) is that the happier you are, the more positive the experience is.
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Watersheds
On our train trip tomorrow we will be crossing from the Elbe watershed to the Danube.
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The cars in Prague
I was looking at the cars in Prague. I am not consciously looking at each car but normally my Sid-ly antennae pick up the presence of the unusual with no conscious effort. So have my senses been numbed by cobbles and beer or is there really something odd here?
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I can fpeack fczech!
Mifter Bat says: Look at this which I found on an Italian restaurant menu.
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What do you want YOUR children to grow up like?
In Altenburg you can buy your child a beginners’ fretsawing kit, and a complete and totally functional My Little Woodworker collection.
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It’s Sunday!
You can lose track of the day of the week when you are on an Epic Journey. But if you are cycling through the countryside, there is an easy clue in the sorts of people you see.
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