



As you can see, Austria isn’t just about the incredible, rich, plentiful, gobsmacking varieties and quantities of cake on offer.

In fact, it’s approximately 95% about the cake.
But there’s mountains and stuff too.
(So I’m told).
I Came, I Saw, I Suffered Immensely

Ah, England! The mist-shrouded Arthurian ruins, the rolling green hills dotted with sleepy hamlets, nuns on bikes free-wheeling over cattle grids, tankards of warm beer, castles and orchards, jodhpurs and shooting-sticks, where monocles legally replace spectacles and more than two people will automatically form a queue, where everything is quaint and quintessential and steeped and…
On and on.
Planning a first-time trip to England soon? It’s possibly you’ve been told things about the place. Silly things. Things that will mislead and ultimately disillusion you. And that’s no fun at all. So in the interests of having an exciting and fascinating holiday in a truly exciting and fascinating country, let’s burst a few bubbles here. (more…)

Eating while you’re between places? Well, there are good ways…and there are bad ways. The good will keep you perked up, comfortably on budget and raring to go – and the bad will turn you into a penniless nutritional wreck.
(Yes, I’ve done both. Hi there).
Any of these sound welcomingly / horribly familiar? (more…)
My last post, summarised:
Too many apples, can’t get rid of them, York is rubbish because it doesn’t allow you to get rid of too many apples (and hey come round for dinner if you’re not a gun-waving nutcase).
Well, maybe I spoke a little hastily.
It seems there’s a lot of free food to be had in York.
(Including, when we’ve finished registering with them, some apples).