This morning, I resolved to go for a swim in a local outdoor pool. This would necessitate the purchase of an item I had forgotten to bring from home, namely a pair of swimming goggles. This is of course an item sold by many shops but trying to work out which would be my best […]
During my morning ablutions, I received a message from a very long-standing friend and one I had not seen in many a year. Michale Bryan and I were at Primary School together at Cuiken Primary and later on High School at Penicuik High School. He now lives in Berlin with his wife and two children […]
After a light breakfast on my balcony and some reading of Christopher Isherwood’s “Goodbye to Berlin”, I took myself on foot to what is probably the most visited area of this city, that situated around the Brandenberg Gate. This impressive monument dates from the late 1700s and was modelled on similar structures in Greek architecture, […]
After a breakfast consisting of eggs and salami on toast, tea, and a nectarine, I ventured again along the path of the former Berlin Wall. This time, in the opposite direction along Bernaur Straße from before, heading west. It is important to remember that the division of the Germany led to West Berlin existing as […]
One of the reasons I like to stay so long in a location, is to avoid the feeling of having to “run myself ragged”, seeing much in a short period of time. As a result, I had no problem spending much of the morning sleeping in, doing a workout, showering, doing my washing, and submitting […]
It can be hard to tell whether one has slept or not. I didn’t mind as I had expected this to be a bit of a restless night, given the circumstances. In a way, I preferred the times that the train rattled on through the night as opposed to the station stops with bright lights, […]
This is the sort of day I struggle with what to do with. My checkout at my accommodation was 11.00am and my train to Berlin not until 6.00pm. I decided after a workout and a shower (warm this time after instruction from the owner on re-pressurising the boiler), to avoid “killing time”, as I had […]
Having had the experience of arriving late in the evening, I really had no idea what the outside world looked like. That being the case, I did a workout, and had a shower before venturing out on to the streets of Brussels. The first order of business was to find as venue for breakfast. Thankfully, […]
After a tough year at school, various mad end of term events, Fife Pride, and Tinto Summer School, I found myself on a train heading south. After a short workout and a bath at home, I left Aberdour (AUR) at 8.39am, and arrived at Edinburgh Waverley (EDB) just after 9.13am. With my train to London […]