Monthly Archives: April 2010

Late to the party

Posted on 29 April, 2010 by Mike

I’ve been reading “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” recently — after pretty much everyone I know recommended it to me. It’s not a bad book, but there’s something that’s been bugging me about it, and I finally figured out … Continue reading →

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Go fever

Posted on 21 April, 2010 by Mike

We left to see The Lion King last night in a cloud of despondancy. The new ash plume was heading southeast, looking to blanket the entire United Kingdom for another five or six days. Little improvement was expected. I blamed … Continue reading →

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Day 6

Posted on 20 April, 2010 by Mike

Still here. Last night, we thought we had a glimmer of good news, in that a bunch of flights were supposed to operate from London airports later today. That doesn’t look like it’s going to happen, and Iceland continues to … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Vilecano land!

Posted on 18 April, 2010 by Mike

Week 5 of my epic circle-half-the-globe-twice-in-a-month adventure started out swimmingly. We left Swansea on Wednesday night, spent the night near Heathrow, planning to wake up early and catch our flight to Amsterdam the next morning. Rode the Hotel Hoppa to … Continue reading →

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