Normandy in August In August, my friend David and I decided to have a quick break over the Bank Holiday. We waited so late to book, there were no flights available at any reasonable cost to anywhere we wanted to go, so we took the car on the overnight ferry from Southampton to Le Havre. […]
Hamburg August 14-18 I happened to see an offer for cheap flights to Hamburg and decided to visit some friends. This is the famous Alster waterway. The town hall. My friend Ruth is currently appearing in Phantom of the Opera in Hamburg. It was very exciting to go backstage and see all the costumes and […]
August 11, 2000, 10pm I had the most wonderful experience tonight. I had a “flight” on the London Eye, the largest ferris wheel in the world. It towers over the South Bank and it is said that on a clear day, you can see Heathrow airport. The ride is called a “flight” because it is […]
July 23-August 6, 2000 I am in Vienna for 2 weeks. As I lived here for 2
Paris, July 4-7, 2000 In case anyone is wondering where I disappeared to, I’m in the center of France in the Auvergne. I went to visit a friend in Paris for 3 days and got stranded at Charles de Gaulle airport by bad weather. It must have been fate because I had seen a brochure […]
Traveling tips: When in China, have someone with you who speaks Chinese. Or have detailed instructions written in Chinese. One night, the hotel wrote the name and address of a Peking Opera house. The taxi driver looked at the piece of paper and scratched his head. Nevertheless we set off and 40 minutes later, I […]
See the full report from Mariam & Jono on the “Guest Section” Mariam and her father will arrive in Beijing on June 8 after driving from London starting May 1 www.carnet.co.uk/rallyoffice June 5-8 Waiting for the Rally After Julia and Ludovic left, I had a few days in Beijing to wait for Mariam and her […]
Bilbao My friend Howard and I took 6 days to travel to Bilbao and see the Guggenheim museum as well as some of Northern Spain. Bilbao is a depressing industrial city with little to recommend it except cheap flights from London with Easyjet, a fabulous museum building and easy access to the rest of Northern […]