I have come to the conclusion, after being without a car for five years, that travel by rail in the UK is just about the most infuriating process you can undertake on a regular basis. Every day, one of my 6 train journeys to or from work will fail in some way or other. Either… Read More
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Tags: broken, communication, me, rail network, Train travel, trains, Travel, United Kingdom
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Well, I and the wife traveled to Limoges in France to Amsterdam over the last two weeks. In France, I had the misfortune of being almost completely without the ability to smell or taste anything thanks to a lingering cold which also incapacitated me on the final Friday of the trip. Our French hosts cooked… Read More
It’s the transition which hits you. From begging your interlocutor to understand you—to even bend a little in your direction—to being understood so effortlessly but still being in an unfamiliar place. This is traveling from France to Amsterdam. In France, making an effort to speak French is mandatory; yet still everyone looks at you as… Read More
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Tags: Amsterdam, coffee, dialogue, editorial, France, interesting, me, Travel, United Kingdom
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Yesterday, I had a nightmare journey. It was the kind you think is made up by travel writers to pad out the pages between interesting sights and ‘how-to’s of ticket management. It didn’t help that my reason for going was to have a chat with the JobCentre Plus (Plus benefits, I assume) about allocation of… Read More
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Tags: Abbey National, bank, Birmingham New Street, cab driver, coffee, editorial, Google, HSBC, Interview, Jobcentre Plus PUB, retail park, The Royal Bank of Scotland, ticket management, trains, Travel, travel writers, weather, zach
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