Way back in the mists of time (February) I promised the WoH I would take her to Paris on our anniversary. Not our wedding anniversary mind, but the anniversary of two years since we met and one year since I proposed.
We stayed at the Hotel Eiffel Seine which is a Mackintosh inspired boutique hotel [...]
August 15, 2008
Categories: Personal stuff, Review, Travel . Tags: cafe de deux moulins, hotel eiffel seine, paris, screaming child, Segway . Author: scottthedot . Comments: Leave a Comment
Slowly getting through all the video footage of our recent tour of America. This video is mainly of the buildings of New York. Hope you like it. I would recommend a visit to anyone.
July 29, 2008
Categories: Personal stuff, Travel . Tags: architecture, brooklyn bridge, new york, skyscrapers, statue of liberty, times square . Author: scottthedot . Comments: 1 Comment
Yesterday was my birthday and looking back over 34 other birthdays this one was one of the most memorable.
The jet lag has not left us yet and so we were both wide awake at 2am in the morning. As luck would have it this also coincided with the live broadcast of the portugal v turkey [...]
June 9, 2008
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Well, we made it to Langkawi – a tiny island in the Chin Chin straits off the coast of Malaysia.
It has taken us two days to get here but The 11 hour KLM flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was made easier by getting a good deal on some first-class tickets. Lie flat beds, great [...]
June 6, 2008
Categories: Personal stuff, Travel . Tags: jet lag, langkawi, the datai . Author: scottthedot . Comments: 1 Comment
My brain is filled with numbers at the moment. Allow me to share.
On Saturday and Sunday I played in the most expensive (official) poker tournament ever held in Aberdeen. There were 72 entrants each paying £400 to enter. (Including a rebuy). I never paid that owing to winning an earlier game. After 18 hours of [...]
June 3, 2008
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As if you didn’t hate us both enough, here to make your day is our Vegas video, complete with Grand Canyon helicopter flight (paid for by Poker winnings). I will not apologise for the shakey camera work as it is difficult to keep steady when you are trembling with fear flying in a helicopter.
And [...]
May 30, 2008
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OK. I haven’t been writing as much blog material as you have all been getting used to. I have been a touch busy helping the WoH organise some event or other..weeding or wedding or something. Anyway I did manage to put some time into getting all our holiday movies off of tape and onto a [...]
May 29, 2008
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Well its the last day on our mammoth USA trip and we are still enjoying ourselves.
For those of you who are really bored I put this list together of what tickled us and what irked us. Also if you click on the City it will take you to a video of pics put together by [...]
April 30, 2008
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Washington has been a surprise. The weather has been roasting hot for the most part and the city is full of stuff to do. The Smithsonian has something like 15 museums that are all free to enter. The most popular museum in America is here – the Air and Space museum. Unfortunately because it is [...]
April 29, 2008
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No going back
Just looking at the calendar and it has been a whole year since I packed in the 9 to 5 (or 8 ’til 8 to be accurate) and took some time out for myself. Soon I will have to get back into the mainstream of society and do things like work, pay a mortgage etc. [...]
June 25, 2008
Categories: Personal stuff, Social Commentary, Travel . . Author: scottthedot . Comments: 2 Comments