Badge win. My badge (which I'm wearing as part of a TfL trial, to advertise that I need a seat on the tube) demonstrably worked at least twice today!
( Seats on offer... )

The story begins at Day 1. The short version: I fell over skiing and have ruptured ligaments in both knees. I'm making some progress towards walking again.

( Day 32 )

When flying out to Germany (pre-kneesplosion), ChrisC and I checked ourselves in using one of the automatic touch-screen check-in machines rather than dealing with a human. You scan your passport, and push buttons to indicate how many bags you have.

( She stares at the screen and the little words of green )

The story begins at Day 1. The short version: I fell over skiing and hurt my knee. As we begin this, I am still in Germany.

( Day 3 )

Mostly what I have learned this week is that you lot are much more into jam jars than you are gig reviews. Still, I shall press on :)

( Helen Love @ The Lexington )

Good morning, the internet. Does anyone know anything about Brussels ( Read more... )

Here is a useful thing I just came across. At least, it is useful if you are planning to go to Japan and are not omnivorous:

Cut-out-and-keep cards explaining various dietary restrictions, in JapaneseI think these are a great idea, particularly for countries in which your average foreign person is all at sea with the language. It occurs to me that ( Read more... )

A friend of mine - who's a travel writer - has started keeping a blog about travelling with a baby in tow. (At least, it will be about that... at present it's more about travelling with a bump. Or not travelling on account thereof ( Read more... )