Not sure when the last time I travelled through terminal-3 at Heathrow was. I’m sure it’s been quite a while. In comparison to the new T-5, T-3 is a tight, claustrophobic shopping mall under renovation…
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Fourth Plinth
In Trafalgar Square Nelson is currently looking down at the bottled replica of his flagship HMS Victory from atop his column. There are four large plinths in Trafalgar Square, three of them are occupied by…
Seattle has the Space Needle…
I spent a couple of hours at the UK head office on the South coast of England. It was awfully cold with the wind coming off the Solent, but a very productive visit. This is…
How do they survive in the wild?
I spent 45 minutes on a flight sitting next to two women on their way to the Miss America pageant at the Planet Hollywood Casino in Las Vegas a couple of days ago. In all…
Year of the rabbit
The Chinese new year does not start for another couple of weeks, but there were a few decorations up for the Year of the Rabbit that starts Feb 3rd.
Finally unpacked…
I was finally got round to unpacking my big case after my last trip to Japan and I found a shirt I got laundered at the hotel with this little collar on it. I thought…
Flying is good, airports not so good.
This is going to sound a little like bragging, and yeah it maybe a little, but it’s my blog and I’m allowed too! Over the last year I’ve spent a lot of time in the…
There is not enough gin in the lounge…
Last night, before we all went out, I made a bold prediction. I said there was not enough gin (or sake) in the lounge to get me to sing karaoke. I was wrong, there was….
OMG! The crowds…
I know Japan is crowded, the numbers are rather staggering (warning stat alert), it has bout half the population of the US, squeezed into less than 5% of the land area. Judging from the train…