Barack Calls No One Sir!

Well the day came and went, Barack Obama has indeed become America’s 44th President and what a day it was. The crowds were enormous, the biggest I have ever seen in my life, and I didn’t even see it all until I came home and watched on CNN. My friends and I was sandwiched somewhere [...]

Barack, Lincoln, Jesus

I’m not trying to blaspheme when I say this but the picture or image that came to mind when walking towards the Lincolm Memorial on Sunday to enjoy music, see stars of screen and stage, and to listen to Barack Obama speak was one of the people arriving to listen to Jesus, when he gave [...]

Oh I’m Not Going

Damn blast those merchant bankers who called in about 1 percent of their outstanding loan and flushed the holiday company XL down the toilet and messed up thousands of people’s holidayls two weeks ago. Thank’s to those buggers, I’m not going on holiday today to the seemingly wonderful island of Grenada! The writing was on [...]

Gran Canaria The Six Second Pour

Do you know what a six second pour is? If you don’t then perhaps you should go on a cheap Gran Canaria holiday and watch the bar staff. They pour large measures there, but that not the only reason to visit the beautiful islands off the north coast of Africa. There is some quite drastic [...]

Roman Holiday

Once again the early morning was bracing and dark. Leaving home at 5am is not pleasant, least of all because I never usually sleep the night before flying, for fear of oversleeping and missing my flight. I made the exception this time and caught two hours kip before loading up my Jeep and setting off [...]

Roma Fantastico!

Just returned from a wonderful trip to Rome. Having visited many European cities and more worldwide, I was beginning to think that all urban metropoles where pretty much the same, but Rome is different from anywhere I have been before. It’s splendor, magnificance, history and art make it one to remember but you need some [...]

Day Four – Essaouira

Where did day three go? Our fourth day in Morocco saw us venture to the coastal town of Essaouira. From Marrakech it had been a three and half hour drive along relatively quiet roads through the desert, passing through 3-4 large towns on the way. This did include stops at an Argan Community Co-op, and [...]

Day Two – Marrakesh Tour

This was so very funny a day for completely banal reasons. Our second day began once we had eaten our petite dejeuner. We sauntered out to Mohammed V Avenue in search of the Marrakech Tour bus, but was approached by a taxi driver who offered to tour us for 200 dirhams (again is this the [...]

Day One – Riad Dar Atta

Blery eyed, my Nokia alarm woke me at around 4am so that I could roll off my suitcases and finish zipping the last of what I need to take with me into the case. I couldn’t really think, my hair was a mess, I didn’t get a chance to wash it so I tied it [...]