Monthly Archives: November 2009

Now that is ironic. Don’t praise DB on your blog.

Posted on November 30th, 2009 by cliff1976

I know how much it chafes when DB leaves you in the lurch, but this weekend, they met our expectations easily. I was just singing the DB praises yesterday, and now look what happened. It’s 19:30 and I’m stuck in … Continue reading →

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Another Weekend in Weimar and Erfurt

Posted on November 29th, 2009 by cliff1976

When we learned of the Mauerfall Spezial for 20€ tickets to anywhere in Germany, we jumped on it. We weren’t sure where we wanted to go, so when TQE graciously suggested we stay with him, we thought “Why not? He’s … Continue reading →

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Wannaburger

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by Cliff and Sarah

The Joint Wannaburger 217 High Street, Royal Mile Edinburgh, EH1 1PE Tel: 0131 2258770 Email: info@wannaburger.com Cliff We’d been craving some burgers (ideally not from beef which had also had beef for dinner, but who knows?). We tromped up and … Continue reading →

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Henderson’s Bistro

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by Cliff and Sarah

The Joint Henderson’s Bistro 94 Hanover Street Edinburgh EH2 1DR Cliff We kind of stumbled onto this place as it was not far from the apartment we rented in the New Town and the only restaurant we managed to try … Continue reading →

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Urban Angel

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by Cliff and Sarah

The Joint Urban Angelhttp://www.urban-angel.co.uk/ 121 Hanover Street Edinburgh EH2 1DJ 0131 225 6215 Cliff This was a cute little restaurant on the outside restaurant half a flight of stairs down from the street level in the New Town section of … Continue reading →

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Fall’s about to fall

Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by cliff1976

We walked around a bit today taking in probably one of the last “nice weather” days of the season. There were some nice leaf scenes over the past few weeks, but I always managed to miss the sunlight, being trapped … Continue reading →

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gotta go back to Flanders or explore the Netherlands

Posted on November 16th, 2009 by cliff1976

I got this email after purchasing some WiFi bandwidth on our downtime at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport today and it reminds me that we need to explore some low countries some more, if only to take in the neato language. If … Continue reading →

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Final thoughts from Edinburgh

Posted on November 16th, 2009 by cliff1976

Actually, these are from the air after having departed Edinburg on our way to our connecting flight in Amsterdam. I’m posting them from a hotspot at B24, waiting for our flight to Munich. (Parenthetical paragraph: Thanks Adam, for the Schengen-non-Schengen … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Day 3

Posted on November 14th, 2009 by cliff1976

I was dumb today and forgot to pack my camera as we left the rental apartment. Or was I? These shots from our little Samsung ES55 and they seem pretty good to me at first glimpse. But I’m looking at … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh — Day Two

Posted on November 13th, 2009 by cliff1976

Another lucky day, weatherwise. Even better than yesterday, actually, because there was a lot of sun. We got up much later than expected, probably because the shutters in the bedroom block out all the light. When we got rolling, I … Continue reading →

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