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Category Archives: Great Thoughts
A Random Act of Kindness
It was the usual last minute rush to set off for the train. Was the heating off? Had we let the neighbours know? All was well (we thought) as we trundled along pulling cases to the metro station with well … Continue reading
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Tagged Best friends, industrial action, kindness, late trains, Missing trains, passengers
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Grandma saved by Grammar!
A couple of days ago my niece Amy, who lives in Australia, let me know that someone purporting to be me had sent a message via Facebook. It was asking for funds urgently and seemed genuine because it had lots … Continue reading
The Long Drive to Italy 2019
Over recent years it has saddened me to see how much the rural France I loved has grown shabbier and more abandoned. We drove though mile upon mile of La France Profonde where there were old agricultural buildings with collapsed … Continue reading
Posted in Great Thoughts, Italy
Tagged art nouveau, Bavaria, Design Museum, Drive to Italy, France Profonde, Rural France, Vosges
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The Wonders of Kyoto and the Bullet Train
I soon realised when doing my homework before we set off that it was Kyoto rather than Tokyo which was the place to visit, and set about booking tickets for the bullet train to get us there, congratulating myself on … Continue reading
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Tagged bullet train, Mount Fuji, Tourism in Japan, Tourist in Kyoto
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Heat, health and hygiene: first impressions of Tokyo
It felt very odd arriving late at night in Tokyo when my body said it was lunchtime. Of course it was impossible to sleep, so we spent the our first hour trying to understand the rather threatening appearance of the … Continue reading
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Tagged face masks, Health, space agelavatories, Tokyo
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Planning the Grand Tour:Japan and Australia
It’s a long time since I saw my sister who lives in Australia, so it’s time for a great journey to the other side of the world. As I’ve always wanted to go to Japan, we’re going there first en … Continue reading
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Tagged bullet train, Japan, Kyoto, Tokyo
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11.11.18 the Armistice 100th Anniversary
This was an event worth participating in. In the week before, we drove through Yorkshire to see all the villages decorated with knitted, yes knitted, poppies, hundreds of thousands of them. At Fountains Abbey it was raining too hard to … Continue reading
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Tagged armistice, images of war, poppies, soldiers
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A weekend on impulse in Poland
I’d never heard of Wroclaw, but with amazingly cheap Ryanair flights from Newcastle, and a promising guide book lent by a friend, we decided to go. First impressions were not good. The airport bus took us through depressing suburbs of … Continue reading
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Tagged Communism, Henry Moore, Nazis, poland, Wroclaw
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Storm Ali: a nightmare journey home
I had no idea when I left Venice’s Marco Polo airport that there was a violent storm sitting over the British Isles. Even when the captain told us that it would be a bumpy landing in Edinburgh, I thought nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodation in Edinburgh, Cancelled trains, Currie, lack of support, rail staff, storms
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