Category Travel
And I also went to Paris
Sure, I had just been in Copenhagen, but it was a bank holiday weekend and I needed to be in Paris for work on Tuesday and Wednesday anyway, so I went early and maybe ate some delicious Israeli food at Miznon (oh man, that cauliflower!) and went shopping in the Marais (why can’t I just […]
Wait a sec, there was more to Copenhagen
I just realized I never wrote about the rest of my time in Copenhagen! Let’s see what I can remember… First, the towers were weird. Well, not “weird”, but definitely different from what I’m used to seeing in France and the UK — more Eastern European feeling. Gave the town a more exotic feel than […]
Sun and design (and then some rain) in Copenhagen
How exciting to explore a new city! I’m staying on the north end of Copenhagen’s city center (Osterport), which meant I was not that far from two of the things I wanted to see first: The famous Little Mermaid statue, and the renowned Design Museum. The walk to the mermaid took me around a 17th […]
I’m in Copenhagen!
Observations so far: Apparently there are no taxis at the airport. As someone who has found taxis in many airports in the world, I couldn’t find them anywhere here. So either they’re well hidden, or the Danes are very serious about public transit. The Danes are out late! I’m arriving at midnight and there are […]
On the road again
Kicking off another flurry of travel! Two days of work in Luxembourg, long weekend in Copenhagen, then two days of work in Paris. Unclear whether my newly-planted window boxes will survive back home in London… Nothing exciting to report for Luxembourg. I was at the office in meetings until late; by the time I got […]
The rest of Paris (at least for now)
One of my mottos in traveling is that it’s okay not to see everything all at once. It frees me from the tyranny of the guidebook and allows me to see and do what seems right at the time. And if I don’t see “everything there is to see”, well, then that means I’ll have […]
Vaux le Vicomte
The weather in Paris this weekend could not have been better. Warm, sunny, glorious. Perfect for visiting one of the more notable French chateaux: Vaux le Vicomte. If you’re a garden/architecture/art nerd like myself, then you’ll know that Vaux le Vicomte was built in the mid-1600s by a guy named Fouquet who was the finance […]
I’m in Paris!
There are definitely worse things in the world than having to come to Paris to meet with business clients and train a new lawyer… and then eat dinner in a glamorous restaurant in the banks of the Seine (complete with a lemon tarte — that’s for you, Dibber!)
Hey Lady, look what I found!
A couple of days ago, Lady sent me a link on Facebook that purported to list the 10 most popular china patterns and how to recognize them. Knowing full well that she was fanning the flame of my nascent blue-dish collection, she will surely be happy to know that as I was perusing the pile […]
I may need to fine tune…
Note to self: When your flight details look like this . . . . . . it’s the time ON THE LEFT that matters when planning when to arrive at the airport. The left. All you gain by focusing on the time on the right is a lesson in how high prices can be for […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 