December 20, 2017 An easy start. 12 O’Clock hook up with Vinny No-Show. Calling him after 15 mins I have patently just woken him up. Sheeeeet! He exclaims. Be down in three! He blurts. Not quite but it was a suitably abashed Vin that met me there some 15 mins[…]
December 20, 2017 I had the worst night last night. Couldn’t sleep before 2 and was awake again at 4:30am and that was it. My lot. I tried, but my alarm is set for 6am and I’m tired and anxious I will oversleep and miss my 8:30am flight to Italy,[…]
December 17, 2017 We left our hotel in Frankfurt soon after 9am and landed in Vienna around 1:30 in the afternoon. We are to stay at the airport hotel as we have to get the 8:40am flight to Milan tomorrow morning. I have not slept well again and think to[…]
December 16, 2017 Following as it did, a day off, there was no mad rush. I didn’t leave my room beyond going to the hotel breakfast lounge. We are situated in a residential area and there is not time, neither energy, to wander far. We left for our hour and[…]
December 14, 2017 I woke unreasonably early, 5, and immediately my head was racing around empty rooms. I hadn’t slept before 1am and I think I was worried I’d sleep through my 8 o’clock alarm. We had a train to catch, and I was overtired. As it is I’m a[…]
December 13, 2017 It was a bad tempered train we boarded this morning. Everyone seemed out of sorts. Pushing and mild panic. Coats were thick and necks wrapped tight. Coffee? Yes please. White, no sugar. Sorry. We only have black coffee. Only black coffee? Yes. You have no milk? Yes,[…]
December 12, 2017 10th Dec. It was a day off, albeit one that was for travel. We left Cologne on the 11:49am train for Berlin, and got to our hotel some few minutes before 5pm. I could see we were in the vicinity of a Christmas market, so dumped my[…]
December 10, 2017 Vinny and I headed for the central train station in Amsterdam to catch our train for Cologne. We stared a bit like half-wits when no train of that destination came forward and named itself. In English. After standing slack-jawed for a bit, we were enlightened by a[…]
December 9, 2017 Having come back to my hotel in Amsterdam last night, I was now with David who is arrived to see tonight’s show at the Paradiso. His brother is here with some mates and they will have an opportunity to hang out. I am still on a talking[…]
December 8, 2017 6th Dec. We land in Amsterdam late afternoon, Vinny and I. G had already returned home the morning after Copenhagen. Our hotel is conveniently situated for any amenities we might find ourselves requiring. We are commuting from here for a couple of days. Immediately, but immediately upon[…]
