Author: Lou

World66 “the travel guide you write” has got this great map generation tool that creates a world map of the countries you’ve visited. Click on World66’s Visited Countries link, to see where you’ve been (and where you’ve still got left to go!). My map of countries visited shows I’ve been to 30 countries or 13%… Continue reading Visited countries

I’m just doing some research for Keith on Italy: Rome, vespas, trattorias, pope-idol, spaghetti, pizzeria – that kind of thing – only to stumble across this tale about a Pizza Party in the Park. Ok, so this doesn’t qualify as a “rant” (and it’s not very Italian either) but finding a website on pizza-eating squirrels… Continue reading Pizza Party

It’s that day of the year when people all over the world wildly celebrate the festivities associated with the patron saint of England, St George, alongside the English. Errrmmm… or is it that date that we never quite remember? There’s a website here that promotes St George’s Day. You can vote whether St George’s Day… Continue reading A very merry St George’s Day to you!

We’ve just returned from spending Christmas and New Year snowboarding, in the gorgeous resort of Breckenridge, Colorado, staying at Beaver Run ride-in/ride-out accommodation. We had an apartment on the 2nd floor of Building Four with a balcony overlooking Peak 9, which is about as convenient as it gets!

Or at least, that’s what Orange might as well have said. Remember Keith’s rant about o2? Well, Orange’s customer services really are much “brighter” (as the adverts say). Let’s just say that the voice messaging and answer-phone on my mobile phone is completely screwed and I’ve made several attempts to get it fixed. Here are… Continue reading Orangutan: ooh, ooh, ooh! Grunt