I’ve been trying to learn a little Spanish before going on holiday. I have no illusions that a few weeks of cramming will enable me to walk alongside the Rio Guadalquivir reading Lorca in the original – or even make small talk about the weather – but at least it might give me a starting [...]
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holiday reading suggestions, please
19 February 2006 – 11:15 am
When I go on holiday, I like to take reading matter which is appropriate to the place I’m going. The theory is that both the book and the place are enhanced by each other. A couple of years ago, I went to Tivoli and greatly enjoyed Howard’s recommendation – Benvenuto Cellini’s Autobiography. Really, read it, [...]
The cruellest month. Not.
13 February 2006 – 9:29 pm
Three days ago I started planning a holiday with nothing more specific than a vague thought that I wanted to go to Seville last time I was in Spain (8 or 9 years ago) and never made it.
Now I’ve pretty much organised a trip this April that starts in a hotel with a view of [...]
Egypt
11 June 2005 – 12:29 pm
in Taba Heights.
Not having dived for 10 years, I had to do a full scuba review - a written test, and all those skills like the maskless swim, buddy breathing, etc etc. Which was probably a good idea but a bit tedious. But did four proper dives as well.
Highlights - Crocodile Fish (Carpet [...]
Egypt
11 June 2005 – 12:17 pm
List from Taba Heights (a dive resort in Egypt): House Sparrow, Blackstart, White-crowned Wheatear, Spectacled Bulbul, Laughing Dove, Collared Dove, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin, Rock/Crag Martin (not sure), Swift, Kestrel, Sooty Gull, European Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Little Green Bee-eater, Mangrove Heron.
The Bee-eaters are probably the pick of that list, though I didn’t see [...]