“I'd like to know who approved this”, my friend David said today of the Jeff Koons exhibition at the Versailles Palace. “I mean, I quite like his work”, he added, but wondered why this world-famous building was deemed an appropriate space to exhibit Koon's famous statue of Michael Jackson and Bubbles. “Maybe it's because of … Continue reading Michael Jackson at Versailles
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“Just keep walking, it's a scam”, I shouted to the young tourist couple, hoping they understood my English. I knew something was awry when on the approach to the Eiffel Tower, I saw a young girl approach them, pretending to have found a gold ring in the sand and asking if it was theirs.Just a … Continue reading Great Views of Paris
“Oh my God, she's going to ask for directions”, I thought to myself when the forty-something glamorous woman with a suitcase called out to me today. “Oh my God, how do you say I'm a tourist?” I thought to myself, as she beckoned me to stop. She quickly recognised I was an English language speaker, … Continue reading Sunday in The Marais
”Yes, it's like this every day”, my friend David told me with a certain disdain on his face. As I looked around the carriage most of the other passengers seemed to have the same look on their faces, as a group of buskers started playing music in our carriage. Although it was the first time … Continue reading Day Of Death
It's been another exhausting day on the “Castle Crawl of the Loire Valley”. I've changed into a pair or shorts and a t-shirt (and enjoying the relaxed nature of a queen-sized bed), while David is resting up in track pants reading a book. After a long day visiting three famous castles in the valley, we're … Continue reading Castle Crawl #2
You know how when you're on a train and you see one of those nicely dressed young men in white shirts with name badges come towards you and you think “please don't sit next to me”? I won't name the particular brand of religious missionary I'm talking about but you know the ones I mean. … Continue reading Castle Crawl