November 19th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Family, Scotland, Travel
My wee sister turned 21 last month! That was a bit sad really as it means I’m getting old - I can vaguely remember the day we went to hospital to pick her up. Anyway, to celebrate, I flew over to Scotland to surprise her, and my other sister flew over from Dallas (I think [...]
September 4th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Travel, Weird
I hate posting without a picture, but I don’t want my ass sued, so there are no pictures in this post. There are however two links to interesting slideshows on the Reuters site….
Some German restaurant that isn’t self-service yet which does not have waiters - see what it looks like here
I love Paris and would like [...]
August 28th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Food and Drink, Shopping, Travel
On my trip, I discovered that there is a chain of record shops in California called Rasputin Music. Rasputin was basically a guy that lived in Russia at the turn of the 20th Century. He was really controversial because he came to have a lot of influence over the Russian Royal Family at the time. He [...]
August 28th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Dallas, Travel, Weird
The answer is yes. This is a real dude, and not an actor. Neither is the baggy pants guy with the weird top thing beside him an actor. They were waiting for a bus.
August 28th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Dallas, Family, Food and Drink, Travel
Yes indeedy. I’m sure you haven’t missed me but I am back after spending two weeks in the USofA. I had about one week in Dallas and then one week in Palo Alto, California. It was great! I was pretty busy all the time though, so I didn’t get a chance to post here.
One of [...]
August 1st, 2007 | by Simon | published in Friends, Scotland, Travel
Following the shennanigans of the previous night, we all managed to make it up pretty early in the morning (just as well really as our lodges had to be clear by 10am!) - I’d also managed to get back tipsy at about 3am the night before and actually tidy up the entire lodge, clearing it [...]
July 31st, 2007 | by Simon | published in Friends, Scotland, Travel
After drinking for 12 hours the day before, I can safely say I was feeling a bit rough on Saturday morning for the second day of my stay on Islay. I got up at 6am, went back to bed, got up at 10am, went back to bed, got up at 11am, lay on the sofa [...]
July 31st, 2007 | by Simon | published in Friends, Scotland, Travel, airlines
Hullo there! (Scottish accent) So after heading to bed at 9.30pm and falling asleep immediately last night, I have now recovered enough to tell you about my weekend! I am splitting it into each day otherwise it would be a long post. And you would probably be falling asleep. If you didn’t know, last weekend [...]
July 24th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Travel, airlines
BBC News Online has an article tonight saying that Ryanair might soon be flying from Belfast City Airport. I for one hope that is not true.
I’ve never flown with Ryanair, and I don’t plan to either - something about them just doesn’t really appeal to me. I’d like to pay a bit more and experience [...]
March 11th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Friends, Photography, Scotland, Travel
Photo: © David Martin flickr.com/photos/avidday
Scotland! I love it, but I guess that’s because I’m from there. Anyway, later this year, I’ll get to visit a part of Scotland I’ve never been to before - the Western Isles - when I head off to Islay, pictured above.
My mate Nick’s soon-to-be-wife is from there, and we’re heading [...]
