Creativity, curiosity, and code
Two films watched this week – most unlike us. The Notebook Recorded while we were on holiday, this charming love story didn’t really impress me. It was a simple couple-meet, couple-torn-apart, couple-get-back together story, wrapped up as an old man reading the story to his wife who’s suffering from dementia and amnesia. Touching and cute, […]
I’m a cyclist – you can probably tell that – and I love all sports of different kinds. But there’s one that I’ve never got on with…running! It knackers my kness and every time I try to take it up I have to give up quite quickly because I’m in pain. So instead, I tend […]
Part…umm…well…the last part! I’m probably on about part 74 of my holiday write up now. You’ll be glad to hear that it’s (probably) the last one. After climbing Etna on the Friday, Saturday was supposed to be a bit of a day off. But the thought of just doing nothing somehow didn’t appeal. We had […]
We awoke on Friday feeling refreshed and healthy, had an big, early breakfast, and headed up the coast to Mt Etna. Actually there was some packing in there too…we had lots of decisions to make about packing our day sacks and what to wear. In the end I think we both ended up with full-on […]
[Note – a few photos have been added to other holiday entries, should anyone care] After a my stressy day, and the lessons learned from it, and our prayers being answered, the Thursday was much easier. The plan was to go to Etna, but this demanded all our energy for a long drive and some […]
Why am I even writing this? Ho hum. Actually, that was pretty much what I thought of the Wednesday of the holiday…”why am I here?”. I’m not very good at holidays and day 2 or three is usually pretty stressful. This was no exception. The day started well with sunshine, the usual fantastic breakfast, and […]
Tuesday – Historic Cities We woke feeling great and well rested to some glorious Mediterranean sun. Breakfast in the bright and welcoming breakfast room was a delight. A proper Italian cappuccino, pastries and cakes galore, fresh fruit and a selection of cereals. My perfect morning meal. Yummy! After filling up we started exploring, starting with […]
Flying Out Part 3 and we haven’t even left yet. I do waffle!!! An alarm at 5am, a quick rise and off to AirParks Gatwick (booked as part of the package with Expedia). I’m not a connoisseur of airport parking but this seemed fine, other than their new computer system not working at first. But […]
This is a completely blatent note to self. But it deserves a note on why I have to make it. I have an article on the web. I want to save a reference to it but the site isn’t one I’m following with Google Reader via its RSS/Atom feed. Normally I’d spot the article on […]
Preparation and Leaving I mentioned before about our booking problems and needing to go on holiday from Monday to Monday. Well, I was busy leading the music at church until about 9pm on Sunday, and our flights were leaving Gatwick at 8am. After some deliberation, we’d booked into the Europa Hotel near Gatwick (cheap, tacky, […]