Wednesday, 11th/Friday, 13th November 2008 – Macau, Days 5 – 7 As ever Wednesday was the day it all kicked off with the traditional photo opportunity/PR stunt held at Fisherman’s Wharf in the afternoon. First though there were some shopping-related errands to run. Glyn wanted to look at the shiny new Apple store to see…
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Travel 2008 – Hong Kong, Macau, Day 4
Tuesday, 11th November 2008 – Hong Kong, Macau, Day 4 One of the best parts about using the Ambassador Club lounge is the view over the harbour, which was enhanced today by a fishing boat trawling just in front of the hotel. This had attracted the attention of one of the sea eagles (if my…
Travel 2008 – Hong Kong, Day 3
Monday, 10th November 2008 – Hong Kong, Day 3 After a good night’s sleep, we got up latish, and went for breakfast in the Ambassador Club in the hotel. With a wide range of options, it was very good indeed, especially the freshly cooked omelette I went for. After that we set out to explore,…
Travel 2008 – Hong Kong, Days 1 and 2
Saturday, 8th/Sunday, 9th November 2008 – Hong Kong, Days 1 and 2 After a certain amount of panicked packing the night before, and the cancellation of all appointments on Saturday, we got off to a leisurely start after a late breakfast, loading up the car at 1 pm and heading for Heathrow airport, leaving Andrea…
Food 2008 – Artisan
Saturday, 4th October – Artisan, Hessle We’ve also had a couple of really good weekends. October 4th/5th we headed north to see my Mum and sort a few things out for her. She wanted a new hifi system, having remarked more than once that the one that she’d had since 1971 (!) or thereabouts was…
Food 2008 – Recipes (Lavender and Honey Ice Cream)
Monday, 22nd September 2008 – Recipes (Lavender and Honey Ice Cream) And as an afterthought to our visit to Halibut, I have in fact found a likely sounding recipe for: Lavender and Honey Ice Cream Ingredients: 6 ozs honey 1 tablespoon fresh lavender flowers or 1 level teaspoon dried culinary lavender ¾ pint double cream…
Food 2008 – Halibut, Buckingham
Friday, 19th September 2008 – Halibut, Buckingham Friday evening we wandered into Buckingham intending to eat at the Buckingham Fort (a very nice Indian restaurant) but as I’d noticed a couple of new restaurants had sprung up since last I drove through Buckingham on a regular basis, we figured we’d have a bit of a…
Travel 2008 – Brighton
Saturday, 13th/Sunday, 14th September 2008 – Brighton The weekends have been busy of late and the weeks are just so busy that I don’t seem able to find time to tell anyone about it. That said, last weekend, we finally got to visit our friend Irene in Brighton (we’ve only been trying to achieve it…
Food 2008 – The Roade House, Roade
Friday, 12th September 2008 – Italian Dinner, The Roade House, Roade Friday night was another of the ever-wonderful Roade House’s special dinners. This time it was an Italian dinner with matching wines. We arrived slightly early, in time to admire the newly-redecorated bar/conservatory, which now seems very light and airy, with lovely white walls and…
Travel 2008 – Bucharest, Day 5
Monday, 1st September 2008 – Bucharest, Day 5 By Western European standards Romania is still a very poor country, having been close to bankruptcy when the revolution of 1989 occurred. It’s still desperately poor – though apparently the city authorities had cleared out the beggars and gypsies prior to the arrival of the international racing…
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