Fairies by a Pool in the Misty Isle
It doesn’t take much effort to feel small, dwarfed by the misty mountains and the vast glen surrounding the Fairy Pools in the Isle of Skye. Read more… . Weekly Photo Challenge: Scale . .
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Searching for Smiley
George Smiley no longer lived in No. 9. I knew it as soon as I saw the new door. Red. A come-hither hue so incongruent to, well, everything George is known to us to be. His abhorrence for attention. His diffident nature. Perhaps, if the goal was to hide in plain sight, a shouty red door would be the perfect blind for a tubby, clumsy, bespectacled man who would ordinarily merit no more than a passing glance. But…a red door would just be too much, I think.
The Painted Hall
SGMT | Painted Hall, London — Exactly a year ago, at the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College, London. It was our first day out and about in London. Our friends had asked us where we wanted to go and we’d said we’d …
Eating Cheaply in London: How to Spend Only £4 a Day on Meals
SGMT – It’s surprisingly easy to eat cheaply in London — one of the most expensive cities in the world — if you’re not too picky and don’t mind convenience store food. It’s a big if, but when traveling you have to work with what you …
The Best Cheap London Hostels: 15 under 1500 php (Part 2)
London lodgings are expensive — even Sherlock needed someone to go halves with him on 221B! — but these 15 hostels strike a good balance between comfort, location, and most of all, price. Here are 15 London hostels with beds less than PHP 1,500 ($33/£23). …
The Best Cheap London Hostels: 15 under 1500 php
London lodgings are expensive — even Sherlock needed someone to go halves with him on 221B! — but these 15 hostels strike a good balance between comfort, location, and most of all, price. Here are 15 London hostels with beds less than PHP 1,500 ($33/£23). …