Austrian All The Way

When are the Austrians going to learn? It’s Manchester, pure and simple. It always has been and as far as I can imagine it always will be. And yet, someho...read more

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Use Them or Lose Them

If you are like me and, well, never shut up, learning a foreign language (or 2 or 3) is the best thing you can do. Just think of all the new people in the world...read more

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Linging You Through The Aer

I left an Aer Lingus flight so recently that my ears still haven’t popped. Normally I’m ok, I chew and I chew as the plane comes in to land, and I d...read more

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Forget At You Peril!

I’m off on holiday(again) tomorrow and I’m all packed – which is why I’m online instead of studying – it’s hard to go over n...read more

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Bad Thoughts?

If you put “mal pensa” into altavista’s translation page, and click on Italian to English, it gives you a rather unreasurring “badly it ...read more

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''Honey Honey''

My hairdresser told me, ever so kindly, that my hair was distressed (due to too much swimming and ten years of gunk for dancing exams and shows) and that I need...read more

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Full Of Common Northeners

I live up north. Don’t feel to sorry for me as it’s not that bad. I have to state the fact though, so you can understand why I use this airport. As ...read more

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The Town Which Cannot Apostrophize

Salzburg, literally Salt castle. Quite a step away from the sand castles I grew up with in Blackpool. .... What to see Salzburg is a great little place, with t...read more

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Size Does Matter....

Vienna was the first international airport I flew into (when I was 8), and the last one I flew out of (when I was 19). In between though, I’ve used 10 or ...read more

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