We started the day with a delicious breakfast. Delicious buttery croissants with there homemade jam. ‘Sunnyside up’ eggs and fruit! There are so many things happening that I can’t remember everything but I really want to remember every detail, so when I am older and infirmer I could look back at these adventures. Although some …
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On the Road to Pondicherry/Pudicherry…
What a lovely sleep! We have a massive window in the hotel room that looks down on the street below. Even now at 6 am in the morning it is buzzing. The shop opposite specialises in curd (yoghurt). Boxes and boxes on top of each other, all gone in less than an hour. A woman …
A Night Out and a Fantastic Day
There’s nothing quite like stepping into Chennai after dark. For one it is much cooler and for another the noise and chaos are on another level! Horns continue to blare through the night and trying to weave through gaps that don’t exist, due to the volume of traffic makes crossing roads quite perilous. Although we …
Colourful Chennai…
The day began with a sense of calm,we both had a deep sleep leaving us feeling more human. As we got ready for breakfast the phone rang, Param Guru, our chauffeur for the next ten days, had arrived early. It sounds so entitled having a chauffeur, but logistically it has been the cheapest least stressful …
Chilling in Chennai…
The hotel sits right in the heart of Edgmore, a neighbourhood that feels alive from the moment you step outside. It’s vibrant,chaotic and noisy. It is fantastic with bursts of colour from shrines around every corner. The smell of street‑food stalls, and the constant shuffle of dogs, goats, and the occasional hen weaving through the …
A Passage to India….
Having got over the shock of leaving my purse in Scarborough and having made plans accordingly, including downloading Goggle Wallet and entering the 21st Century, things felt like they were going in the right direction. A leisurely coffee, observing the usual bustle of an airport, even at the ungodly hour of 6. Boarding was smooth …
A Chaotic Prelude to Adventure: Manchester Edition
Just after the Christmas holidays I dutifully emailed all my students to notify them that I would be on holiday over the Easter holidays. Explaining that it was a significant birthday treat, a trip of a lifetime to India! Every so often I would rise this with the Students, reminding them to organise their time …
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A Walk and a Sit
Today we decided to book a tour of Berlin, despite having been here numerous times, we felt that it may shed light on things we didn’t know about or expand on the things we did. We opted for Rude Bastard Tour of Berlin. Our tour guide was a very hairy man called Alex, who came …
A Bit More of Yesterday and Today…
I didn’t finish yesterday’s post as we did seem to shoehorn a lot in. On the way back home we had to chnage at the Zoo. There was yet another Christmas Market. There are between 60 and a hundred Christmas markets in Berling, so it wasn’t a surprise to find another one! There were many …
Day One Berlin with a Vengeance
The flight was delayed and the wait through customs was well over an hour. But we got here in one piece. We are staying in Pete’s cousins’ flat in Berlin. We have been here for a meal before but I had forgotten how beautiful it is. It is utterly gorgeous! Beautiful features and comfortable! Incredibly …
Random Acts of Travelling 