I left Berlin thinking how everything was physically larger. Perhaps the city architects mistook their metric scales for imperial ones. The repeated pattern which cover the major central train stations went on forever and they make St Pancras feel more like Covent Garden. The behemoth of trains which pass through were like one of those in an Elliot Erwitt photograph. Throbbing engines, brushed metal armoured hulls complete, smelly leather seats so large it made me feel like a midget. And that is after negotiated a gap large enough for me to fall through. As I made my way around the city, I couldn’t help but remind myself of Berlin’s history. It was a strange feeling, as if the city had absorbed the decades past into it’s character, especially at Checkpoint Charlie. Once the border security which moderated human traffic in and out of East and West Berlin. Yet at the same time, the city felt young, in that the glass encrusted urban jungle of new Berlin was visibly building itself on top of the auld one.
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Posted in: German, Other Restaurant Reviews
There are only a few places in Europe where you can find a place to do this. Fortunately for us folks in London, you can experience this at Dans le Noir. No I’m not pulling your leg, this is a genuine restaurant and a very real concept.
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Posted in: London Restaurant Reviews, Quirky Eats
Thanks to everyone who’s been visiting this site, I know it’s still alot of WIP, but I’m slowly and steadily adding more content now. The aim is to try and post something every other day in a different category. So my plan looks alittle like this so far:
- Day 1 - Restaurant Review
- Day 3 - Review a bottle of wine -
- Day 5 – a ‘just food’ post
- Day 7 - a post about a food shop/wine shop
- Any additional post – perhaps a quick recipe for the hectic working person?
Its not all set in stone yet, but in my mind that’s kind of how I see things going forward.
Where is the wine?
yeah I know, I know, there’s no stuff on wine yet – I am working on it, good news is that I’ve stocked up with some pretty interesting bottles and am preparing a few posts on some of the more interesting places to buy wine around london, so fear not, the work is being carried out in the background!
Basically, I’m aiming for the weekend to release a few posts to launch the wine section. So do keep coming back for that.
Big things will happen on Sept 30th.
I was recently contacted by a company to discuss the possibility of me helping out on a new and exciting travel website that will open its doors
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Posted in: My musings
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