2019 Retrospective – top books
I pick out my top five reads of 2019: Railsea, All The Light We Cannot See, The Last Days of New Paris, Bright Shiny Morning, and Mythos.
Tag: Greek
Berlin 2019 – Day 1/3
Day one of a long weekend spent in Berlin. Siggy and I enjoy currywurst at Checkpoint Charlie, get caught up in Emergency Climate Strike and go for a Greek.
Crete 2019 Days 14-15: Just desserts
Day 14: Stormy Thursday It was blowy and cloudy today which has been a welcome relief after the heat of
Crete 2019 Days 12-13: Time slips
Day 12: Time slip Tuesday It reaches the point on beach-based holidays that the days seem to pass quickly and
Crete 2019 Days 10-11: Getting my goat
Day 10: No chicken, dead end We were woken early by balcony chair scraping malakas, but as Siggy keeps telling
Crete 2019 Day 9: Day trip to Chania
We were picked up by a double-decker air-conditioned coach with a guide on board at 9:30am. We had booked the
Crete 2019 Days 7-8: Beach Daze
Day 7: Bees, Breeze and randy waiters I realised after finishing Bridget Christie’s A Book for Her on the beach
Crete 2019 Day 6: Peaches, Jaws and celeb lookalikes
If the worst thing that happens this holiday is that Siggy keeps losing her purse underneath all the other stuff
Crete 2019 Day 5: Fortezza
The sea was much calmer today with only a slight breeze in the air. The day was very hot even
Crete 2019 Day 4: Myli Gorge
We got a taxi up into the hills to the top of Myli (or Mili/Milli) Gorge today. The walk down
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