The fact that the Public and Commercial Services trade union had called a strike on Wednesday gave me the excuse to take an extra day off and accompany Mr C to Newcastle where he was delivering a training course on Thursday. I have fond memories of business trips to Newcastle a number of years ago [...]
Archive for the tag 'Hotel'
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Newcastle – Day One
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 25th 2013
Filed under Holidays, Paris 2012
Strange and Impractical
As soon as I saw this wash basin I knew that the plug would not close to retain the water, I had recently read about a similar basin in France. I thought never mind I will just have to be clever and wash using running water. This wouldn’t have been too bad if the tap [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 23rd 2012
Filed under Holidays, Paris 2012
Strange Encounter
In a Paris bathroom…
18 Comments CherryPie on Nov 22nd 2012
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Paris 2012
Paris – Day One
The day had finally arrived for my extended family get together in Paris. The midlands contingent were just leaving for the airport as the southern contingent arrived in Paris via Euro-star. The journey to the airport, the meet and greet parking service, the flight and the private taxi from airport direct to hotel all ran [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 24th 2012
Filed under Carcassonne 2012, Gardens, Holidays
A Room with a View
You might recall my original post entitled ‘a room with a view‘. That was only one view from my room, if I looked down instead of forwards, this is what a saw.
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 10th 2012
Filed under Carcassonne 2012, Holidays
Hotel Mercure
In the third photo, you can see the room I was staying in, three windows from the left on the top floor.
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 10th 2012
Filed under Anecdotes
Zooming In…
… on that courtyard garden from yesterday’s post.
In the brief moments when I was back at the hotel, I noticed that the courtyard was used by businessmen for team-working. It was interesting to look down on them and wonder what they were doing.
You can also see towards the back of the photo that overall [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2010
