They say that The Olympics is a once in a lifetime experience. They say that if it comes to your city you should greet it with open arms and an open heart. It will fill your nation with pride, and will present your city to the world. What they don…
Categories: London • Tags: adventure, Aquatics Centre, diving, London, London2012, lottery, Olympic Park, Olympics, Team GB, Ticket
I love taking photos of absolutely everything and share a lot of them online. However, tens of thousands of new images are posted on social networks and blogs every minute, so how you make yours stand out?! At yesterday’s London Bloggers Meetup – …
Categories: Photography • Tags: Apps, attention, bloggers, conversation, Edition, Foursquare, images, Meetup, perspective, photography, play, rules, share wisely, Shareable photos, Sum it up, Tips, use filters
I am a fan of B&Bs. So whenever I am not on a business trip, I always choose B&Bs over hotels as they make me feel at home. I like the individual style; that you get to know the owners, who usually have some helpful advice, and that you often meet…
Categories: Travel • Tags: B&B, bed&breakfast, bookings.com, boulevard Saint Laurent, Canada, city, couette et chocolat, evening sun, Fredericton, Marche Jean-Talon, Mont Royal, Mont Royal Avenue, Montreal, multi-ethnic, old montreal, old port, photos, popular, Rue Saint Denis, sainte catherine ouest, Schwartz's, Tripadvisor, TripAdvisor.com, walking, weekend, weekend trip
But lets start at the beginning. Our initial reason to spend 15 days on the famous Diving Mecca of Koh Tao, was to get our passports to the underwater world, also known as an Open Water license. We booked the course with Master Divers as they have…
Categories: Travel • Tags: adventure, Beach hut, Boat, Bow Tong Resort, diving, fishes, hut, islands, Ko Tao, Koh Nang Yuan, Koh Tao, master divers, Open Water, Outboard motor, snorkel, snorkeling, sparkling, swimming, Thailand, Travel, Trip, turquoise waters, underwater, wonderlands
I grew up with Kodak. I took my first photographs with an analogue camera and Kodak film. The brand was stamped all over the world on every convenience store, on every bus stop, and in every shopping street. Kodak was photography. And to me the br…
Categories: Photography • Tags: Brand, Camera, child, childhood, Digital camera, dream, Eastman Kodak, end, Goodbye, Gulf of Thailand, Hemel Hempstead, Kodak, Kodak Camera, Kodak girl, Kodak Headquarters, Kodak Moments, Madlen Nicolaus, Memories, memory, memory keeping, photographs, Post, Salesforce.com, so long, sticker, United States, wish, work
Dear German living in London, don’t laugh when the British say “Severe Weather Warning”. You might not believe it when those small flakes are falling, but when you go out to Shoreditch for dinner and a thrill. Please remember the way home is uphil…
Categories: London • Tags: Bumper, German in London, Laugh, London, Poem, Roads, Severe, Severe Weather London, Shoreditch, Slipping, Snow, Top Gear, Traffic, Warning, Weather, Weather Warning
“Do you like Music” was a tweet I received from Timo Pelz at the end of last year. What a question! Of course, I like music. He then promised me a surprise… I thought it would be a DVD or a CD or something, but I certainly did not expect what arrived at my desk a few weeks ago: My colleagues at work must have thought I changed jobs and this was a down payment! 😉 Anyway I loaded these […]
Categories: Other • Tags: Home, Music, Review, SONOS, Sound, System, Testing, Wireless, World
Sounds like the title of a kid’s book right? I think it probably is. Or should be. At the London Zoo you can certainly find a different animal for every letter of the alphabet: Aardvarks. Bearded Pigs. Camels, …so it would make for a great kid…
Categories: London • Tags: Black-capped squirrel monkey, London, monkeys, oldest, owl, Society, zoo, Zoological
Another year, another Weihnachtsfest streched across two countries, two families, a goose and a turkey. Double the food, double the presents, double the fun. So lets start in Germany, with trips to see old friends, several visits to the many Dresd…
Categories: Other, Travel • Tags: Bastei, Castle, Celebrations, Christmas, Christmas Market, Christmas Tree, Dresden, Elbe, NEurathen Castle, River, Socks, Traditions
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